Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Beverage and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.27% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (EBR:ARGX), which rose 4.30% or 25.00 points to trade at 605.80 at the close. UCB SA (EBR:UCB) added 2.68% or 4.85 points to end at 185.50 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.50% or 0.38 points to 25.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS), which lost 3.40% or 2.55 points to trade at 72.43 in late trade. Elia (EBR:ELI) declined 3.02% or 2.40 points to end at 77.20 and Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE) shed 2.07% or 0.41 points to 19.37.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 73 to 27 and 7 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.20% or 5.46 to $2,670.34 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.61% or 1.15 to hit $70.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.72 to trade at $73.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.44% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 106.58.