Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.50% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 2.80% or 2.68 points to trade at 98.38 at the close. Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET) added 2.33% or 0.94 points to end at 41.30 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 2.29% or 1.55 points to 69.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Argen-X (BR:ARGX), which lost 0.92% or 0.90 points to trade at 97.20 in late trade. Cofinimmo SA (BR:COFB) declined 0.43% or 0.50 points to end at 115.00 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) gained 0.38% or 0.03 points to 7.88.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 73 to 35 and 18 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 1.55 to $1317.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.39% or 0.76 to hit $53.80 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.35 to trade at $62.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1406, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 95.828.