Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.15% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which rose 1.48% or 1.60 points to trade at 109.80 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) added 1.31% or 0.860 points to end at 66.360 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was up 1.20% or 1.80 points to 152.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which lost 5.67% or 2.52 points to trade at 41.94 in late trade. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 2.22% or 0.46 points to end at 20.23 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.92% or 0.12 points to 13.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 63 to 52 and 15 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1239.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.17% or 2.92 to hit $67.03 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.62% or 3.48 to trade at $71.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1711, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8851.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.28.