Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.65%

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials , Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.65%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG ), which rose 4.46% or 1.12 points to trade at 26.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS ) added 2.40% or 1.86 points to end at 79.24 and KBC Groep NV (EBR:KBC ) was up 1.71% or 1.18 points to 70.02 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB ), which fell 1.25% or 0.42 points to trade at 33.13 at the close. Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS ) declined 1.00% or 0.60 points to end at 59.30 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP ) was down 0.85% or 0.18 points to 21.02.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 55 to 35 and 17 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.72% or 73.20 to $2,621.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.03% or 2.13 to hit $68.25 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.69% or 1.99 to trade at $71.88 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 105.43.

Source: Investing.com