Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which rose 2.08% or 0.225 points to trade at 11.035 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.99% or 0.955 points to end at 48.970 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 1.21% or 0.630 points to 52.730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB), which lost 6.57% or 7.50 points to trade at 106.60 in late trade. Elia (BR:ELI) declined 1.72% or 0.795 points to end at 45.310 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) shed 0.36% or 0.09 points to 23.21.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 44 and 11 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.54% or 7.15 to $1319.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.02% or 0.48 to hit $46.50 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.31% or 0.65 to trade at $48.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1150, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8521.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 95.99.