Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the rose 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the were Galapagos NV (AS:), which rose 4.46% or 1.12 points to trade at 26.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Syensqo SA (EBR:) added 2.40% or 1.86 points to end at 79.24 and KBC Groep NV (EBR:) was up 1.71% or 1.18 points to 70.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (EBR:), which fell 1.25% or 0.42 points to trade at 33.13 at the close. Melexis NV (EBR:) declined 1.00% or 0.60 points to end at 59.30 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:) was down 0.85% or 0.18 points to 21.02.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 55 to 35 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.72% or 73.20 to $2,621.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.03% or 2.13 to hit $68.25 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.69% or 1.99 to trade at $71.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 105.43.
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