Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which rose 5.75% or 2.56 points to trade at 47.11 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 0.83% or 0.95 points to end at 115.05 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 0.72% or 0.310 points to 43.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which lost 3.87% or 0.76 points to trade at 18.88 in late trade. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 2.90% or 0.64 points to end at 21.40 and UCB (BR:UCB) shed 1.78% or 1.20 points to 66.16.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 61 to 54 and 16 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.46% or 6.00 to $1311.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.33% or 1.45 to hit $63.58 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.04% or 1.35 to trade at $67.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.2258, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 89.91.