Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 2.96%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Elia (BR:ELI), which rose 1.11% or 0.480 points to trade at 43.630 at the close. DIeteren SA (BR:IETB) added 1.39% or 0.375 points to end at 27.375 and Befimmo-Sicafi (BR:BEFB) was up 1.46% or 0.715 points to 49.690.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 126 to 24 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 2.44% or 30.20 to $1209.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.78% or 0.23 to hit $29.67 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.01 to trade at $33.38 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.