Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.71%

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.71% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (EBR:ARGX), which rose 3.54% or 19.60 points to trade at 573.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Montea C.V.A. (EBR:MONTE) added 1.62% or 1.10 points to end at 68.90 and UCB SA (EBR:UCB) was up 1.53% or 2.95 points to 195.45 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (EBR:UMI), which fell 1.30% or 0.18 points to trade at 13.63 at the close. Lotus Bakeries (EBR:LOTB) declined 0.86% or 70.00 points to end at 8,090.00 and Groep Brussel Lambert NV (EBR:GBLB) was down 0.79% or 0.60 points to 75.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 54 to 40 and 11 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.13% or 4.48 to $3,378.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.55% or 0.34 to hit $62.32 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.29 to trade at $66.14 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.17, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.97.