Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.05% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 1.80% or 0.93 points to trade at 52.73 at the close. Aperam (AS:APAM) added 1.38% or 0.65 points to end at 47.77 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was up 1.22% or 1.35 points to 111.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which lost 1.46% or 0.33 points to trade at 22.00 in late trade. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.45% or 0.20 points to end at 13.23 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) shed 0.77% or 0.90 points to 115.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 58 to 51 and 14 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.00% or 12.76 to $1264.74 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $49.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.16 to trade at $51.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.75% to 1.0948, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8528.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 98.62.