Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 1.00% or 0.700 points to trade at 70.860 at the close. Sofina (BR:SOF) added 0.72% or 1.00 points to end at 139.40 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.71% or 0.18 points to 25.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which lost 1.37% or 0.30 points to trade at 21.62 in late trade. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 1.27% or 0.48 points to end at 37.32 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.93% or 0.13 points to 13.92.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 63 to 47 and 17 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.60 to $1336.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.06% or 1.28 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 1.33 to trade at $68.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.2319, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8716.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 89.58.