Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharma & Bio-technology, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BRU:BEKB), which rose 2.04% or 0.55 points to trade at 27.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Ageas (BRU:AGES) added 1.93% or 0.730 points to end at 38.495 and Telenet Group (BRU:TNET) was up 1.62% or 0.86 points to 53.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI), which fell 1.22% or 1.35 points to trade at 109.55 at the close. Delhaize Group (BRU:DELB) declined 0.72% or 0.60 points to end at 82.70 and KBC (BRU:KBC) was down 0.62% or 0.400 points to 63.740.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 84 to 81 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ageas (BRU:AGES) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.93% or 0.730 to 38.495.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.26% or 2.80 to $1092.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.84% or 0.83 to hit $46.00 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.54 to trade at $50.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.0957, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.7017.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 97.52.