Belgium stocks higher at close of trade:bbc-stocknews.blogspot.com

Belgium stocks higher at close of trade:bbc-stocknews.blogspot.com

Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.89% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA, which rose 2.67% or 3.00 points to trade at 115.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA  added 2.38% or 2.11 points to end at 90.64 and Engie SA was up 2.00% or 0.28 points to 14.25 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Elia, which fell 2.14% or 0.990 points to trade at 45.290 at the close. KBC declined 1.32% or 0.635 points to end at 47.390 and Galapagos NV  was down 0.86% or 0.340 points to 39.210.

Rising Belgium stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 85 to 57 and 7 ended unchanged.

Gold for June delivery was up 1.67% or 20.60 to $1255.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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