Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.50% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 2.80% or 2.68 points to trade at 98.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET) added 2.33% or 0.94 points to end at 41.30 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 2.29% or 1.55 points to 69.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Argen-X (BR:ARGX), which fell 0.92% or 0.90 points to trade at 97.20 at the close. Cofinimmo SA (BR:COFB) declined 0.43% or 0.50 points to end at 115.00 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 0.38% or 0.03 points to 7.88.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 73 to 35 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 1.55 to $1317.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.43% or 0.78 to hit $53.78 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.37 to trade at $62.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 95.833.