Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 2.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BRU:KBC), which rose 3.98% or 2.330 points to trade at 60.900 at the close. GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) added 3.76% or 0.64 points to end at 17.71 and Solvay (BRU:SOLB) was up 2.77% or 3.50 points to 129.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DIeteren SA (BRU:IETB), which lost 1.15% or 0.380 points to trade at 32.770 in late trade. Befimmo-Sicafi (BRU:BEFBb) added 0.44% or 0.240 points to end at 54.570 and NV Bekaert SA (BRU:BEKB) gained 1.27% or 0.33 points to 25.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 148 to 27 and 5 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.56% or 18.70 to $1183.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.55% or 0.33 to hit $59.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.41 to trade at $62.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1355, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.7180.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 94.46.