Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which rose 2.67% or 0.280 points to trade at 10.770 at the close. Ageas (BR:AGES) added 2.20% or 0.670 points to end at 31.070 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 1.81% or 0.920 points to 51.620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elia (BR:ELI), which lost 0.51% or 0.240 points to trade at 47.270 in late trade. UCB (BR:UCB) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 73.00 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) gained 0.16% or 0.04 points to 21.64.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 32 and 15 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.15 to $1343.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.95% or 0.45 to hit $47.86 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.58 to trade at $49.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1311, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8576.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 94.47.