Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.97%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore SA (EBR: UMI ), which rose 3.51% or 0.27 points to trade at 7.96 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB SA (EBR: UCB ) added 2.86% or 3.90 points to end at 140.20 and Sofina (EBR: SOF ) was up 1.72% or 4.00 points to 237.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Argen-X (EBR: ARGX ), which fell 0.23% or 1.20 points to trade at 523.00 at the close. Melexis NV (EBR: MLXS ) declined 0.04% or 0.02 points to end at 48.50 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR: WDPP ) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 22.18.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 58 to 38 and 12 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 4.49 to $3,429.79 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.00% or 1.87 to hit $64.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.57% or 1.70 to trade at $67.96 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.48% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 98.34.