Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 2.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Delta Lloyd (AS:DLL), which rose 6.07% or 0.24 points to trade at 4.25 at the close. Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 4.29% or 1.89 points to end at 45.95 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 4.12% or 1.915 points to 48.450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elia (BR:ELI), which added 1.11% or 0.480 points to trade at 43.630 in late trade. DIeteren SA (BR:IETB) added 1.39% or 0.375 points to end at 27.375 and Befimmo-Sicafi (BR:BEFB) gained 1.46% or 0.715 points to 49.690.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 24 and 10 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 2.43% or 30.10 to $1209.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.82% or 0.24 to hit $29.68 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $33.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.00% to 1.1142, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.7728.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.89% at 96.84.