Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Basic Materials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 2.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BRU:COLR), which rose 4.75% or 2.00 points to trade at 44.10 at the close. Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB) added 4.58% or 4.20 points to end at 96.00 and Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL) was up 4.42% or 0.34 points to 8.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DIeteren SA (BRU:IETB), which added 0.41% or 0.145 points to trade at 35.545 in late trade. Telenet Group (BRU:TNET) added 0.82% or 0.42 points to end at 51.50 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BRU:ACKB) gained 1.00% or 1.30 points to 131.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 35 and 5 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.33% or 3.70 to $1132.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.57% or 1.17 to hit $46.71 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.15% or 1.51 to trade at $49.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1176, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.7375.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 96.27.