Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 1.88% or 2.10 points to trade at 113.90 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.22% or 1.140 points to end at 94.320 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 1.15% or 0.32 points to 28.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which lost 1.88% or 0.48 points to trade at 25.10 in late trade. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 0.38% or 0.40 points to end at 104.00 and UCB (BR:UCB) shed 0.03% or 0.02 points to 66.56.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 67 to 47 and 19 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.63% or 22.10 to $1334.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.99% or 0.61 to hit $62.16 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $65.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.2353, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 89.50.