Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 2.93% or 3.25 points to trade at 114.35 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 2.11% or 0.81 points to end at 39.18 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 2.07% or 1.34 points to 66.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which lost 1.69% or 0.31 points to trade at 18.00 in late trade. Ageas (BR:AGES) declined 1.32% or 0.560 points to end at 41.970 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.41% or 0.06 points to 13.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 80 to 29 and 25 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.81% or 11.00 to $1344.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $65.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.12 to trade at $69.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 88.92.