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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.40%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Melexis NV (EBR: MLXS ), which rose 3.04% or 1.75 points to trade at 59.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR: AZE ) added 2.95% or 0.43 points to end at 14.99 and Solvay SA (EBR: SOLB ) was up 2.42% or 0.70 points to 29.62 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (EBR: UMI ), which fell 1.06% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.36 at the close. Argen-X (EBR: ARGX ) declined 0.96% or 5.00 points to end at 515.60 and Ackermans & Van Haaren NV (EBR: ACKB ) was down 0.69% or 1.60 points to 230.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 69 to 28 and 15 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.16% or 73.39 to $3,321.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.59% or 0.98 to hit $60.55 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.39% or 0.89 to trade at $63.23 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.64% at 99.50.