Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which rose 2.15% or 0.89 points to trade at 42.04 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 2.03% or 2.25 points to end at 113.10 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.25% or 0.14 points to 11.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which lost 0.35% or 0.10 points to trade at 28.21 in late trade. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.33% or 0.09 points to end at 26.98 and Elia (BR:ELI) shed 0.33% or 0.160 points to 48.050.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 73 to 41 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.91% or 11.25 to $1224.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.82% or 0.98 to hit $52.88 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.06% or 1.17 to trade at $55.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.0600, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 101.01.