Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 2.06% or 0.53 points to trade at 26.28 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) added 1.76% or 0.32 points to end at 18.55 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 1.15% or 0.840 points to 73.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which lost 4.60% or 0.96 points to trade at 19.90 in late trade. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) declined 1.65% or 0.72 points to end at 42.98 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) shed 1.15% or 0.49 points to 42.17.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 62 to 47 and 18 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.98% or 13.10 to $1325.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.45% or 0.31 to hit $68.09 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $74.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.2214, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8758.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 90.64.