Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 2.67% or 1.08 points to trade at 41.53 at the close. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 1.75% or 0.73 points to end at 42.40 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 1.69% or 1.43 points to 86.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR), which lost 0.33% or 0.15 points to trade at 45.35 in late trade. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) declined 0.19% or 0.18 points to end at 93.76 and Ageas (BR:AGES) shed 0.05% or 0.020 points to 43.260.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 62 to 45 and 18 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.24% or 3.20 to $1347.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.34.