Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.89% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI), which rose 2.67% or 3.00 points to trade at 115.45 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 2.38% or 2.11 points to end at 90.64 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 2.00% or 0.28 points to 14.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elia (BR:ELI), which lost 2.14% or 0.990 points to trade at 45.290 in late trade. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 1.32% or 0.635 points to end at 47.390 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) shed 0.86% or 0.340 points to 39.210.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 57 and 7 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.68% or 20.70 to $1255.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.55% or 1.05 to hit $42.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 0.89 to trade at $43.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1370, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7904.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 94.00.