Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the BEL Utilities Net Return, BEL Industrials Net Return and BEL Financials Net Return sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (EBR:ARGX), which rose 1.83% or 7.40 points to trade at 410.90 at the close. Sofina (EBR:SOF) added 1.68% or 3.60 points to end at 217.60 and Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) was up 1.52% or 0.51 points to 34.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elia (EBR:ELI), which fell 1.37% or 1.20 points to trade at 86.45 in late trade. Proximus NV (EBR:PROX) declined 1.19% or 0.09 points to end at 7.47 and Ageas (EBR:AGES) down 0.70% or 0.30 points to 42.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 49 to 38 and 18 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
Shares in Elia (EBR:ELI) fell to 3-year lows; losing 1.37% or 1.20 to 86.45.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 6.50 to $2,332.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.31% or 0.26 to hit $83.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $86.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.22% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 105.52.