Belgium Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, thanks to gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials, and Industrials sectors.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.54%.

Best Performers

• D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB): +2.43% (+3.90 points) to 164.10
• Argen-X (EBR:ARGX): +1.55% (+9.20 points) to 604.60
• Aedifica (EBR:AOO): +1.35% (+0.75 points) to 56.25

Worst Performers

• UCB SA (EBR:UCB): -1.17% (-2.25 points) to 189.40
• Umicore SA (EBR:UMI): -0.69% (-0.07 points) to 10.10
• Elia (EBR:ELI): -0.07% (-0.05 points) to 73.90

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 31, with 12 remaining unchanged.

Commodity Trading

• Gold Futures (February delivery): +0.14% (+3.71) to $2,631.91 a troy ounce
• Crude Oil (February delivery): +1.30% (+0.90) to $70.14 a barrel
• Brent Oil (March contract): +1.18% (+0.85) to $73.17 a barrel

Currency Exchange

• EUR/USD: unchanged at 1.04
• EUR/GBP: unchanged at 0.83

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 108.02.