Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 5.00% or 2.500 points to trade at 52.500 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:ING) added 3.92% or 0.410 points to end at 10.880 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 2.84% or 2.46 points to 88.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UCB (BR:UCB), which lost 7.55% or 5.13 points to trade at 62.79 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 0.60% or 0.310 points to end at 50.940 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) gained 0.27% or 0.07 points to 24.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 35 and 9 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.80% or 22.55 to $1228.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.92% or 0.44 to hit $48.52 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.21 to trade at $48.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.1141, while EUR/GBP fell 1.64% to 0.7620.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 95.61.