Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.96% or 2.460 points to trade at 85.660 at the close. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 2.25% or 1.01 points to end at 45.80 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 0.75% or 0.320 points to 43.070 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which lost 2.06% or 0.84 points to trade at 39.92 in late trade. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 1.04% or 0.38 points to end at 36.00 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) shed 0.49% or 0.13 points to 26.64.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 66 to 48 and 12 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.23% or 3.10 to $1320.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.47% or 0.91 to hit $61.13 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.74 to trade at $64.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.2335, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8872.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.90.