Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which rose 2.42% or 0.305 points to trade at 12.915 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 2.41% or 1.330 points to end at 56.410 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) was up 2.20% or 0.40 points to 18.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UCB (BR:UCB), which lost 1.24% or 0.74 points to trade at 58.80 in late trade. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.92% or 0.24 points to end at 25.89 and Elia (BR:ELI) shed 0.41% or 0.190 points to 46.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 43 and 10 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.79% or 9.25 to $1168.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.54% or 0.28 to hit $51.96 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.49 to trade at $54.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.0735, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8448.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 100.39.