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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 2.62%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR: AZE ), which rose 4.50% or 0.67 points to trade at 15.55 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB SA (EBR: UCB ) added 4.19% or 5.60 points to end at 139.10 and Aedifica (EBR: AOO ) was up 3.39% or 2.10 points to 64.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Elia (EBR: ELI ), which rose 0.12% or 0.10 points to trade at 85.70 at the close. Lotus Bakeries (EBR: LOTB ) added 0.62% or 50.00 points to end at 8,160.00 and Galapagos NV (AS: GLPG ) was up 0.85% or 0.18 points to 21.34.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 77 to 15 and 14 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.83% or 26.99 to $3,217.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.68% or 0.42 to hit $61.08 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.28 to trade at $64.48 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 99.40.