Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC Groep NV (EBR: KBC ), which rose 2.85% or 2.42 points to trade at 87.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Cofinimmo SA (EBR: COFB ) added 2.49% or 1.80 points to end at 74.15 and Solvay SA (EBR: SOLB ) was up 2.45% or 0.70 points to 29.24 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sofina (EBR: SOF ), which fell 3.48% or 9.00 points to trade at 249.60 at the close. Melexis NV (EBR: MLXS ) declined 2.64% or 1.60 points to end at 59.05 and Syensqo SA (EBR: SYENS ) was down 0.97% or 0.62 points to 63.60.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 58 to 37 and 13 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.45% or 46.26 to $3,233.56 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.95% or 0.59 to hit $62.56 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.49 to trade at $65.90 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.63% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 100.30.