Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 3.99% or 1.49 points to trade at 38.81 at the close. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 1.94% or 0.82 points to end at 43.04 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 1.72% or 0.31 points to 18.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which lost 1.48% or 0.80 points to trade at 53.35 in late trade. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 0.69% or 0.61 points to end at 88.34 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.65% or 0.09 points to 13.83.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 76 to 33 and 22 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.16% or 2.20 to $1342.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.79% or 1.77 to hit $65.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.86% or 1.96 to trade at $70.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2340, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8708.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 89.40.