The BEL 20 and its European neighbors were divided on Monday morning, our benchmark index starting the week in the red before rising once more and regaining 0.2% to 4,256 points around eleven o’clock.
He had first suffered the blow with a plunge of 12% of Ageas (46.26), difference reduced to 5.6%, following the entry of the State into the capital of the insurance group. On the other hand, fourteen elements of the BEL 20 were up, led by Galapagos (49.92) and arGEN-X (255.00) which rose by 4.5% and 2.2%, Solvay (107.95) and UCB ( 88.92) being likewise positive by 2.1% and 0.4%. AB InBev (59.10) rose 0.2% and KBC (83.52) 0.7%, Elia (114.10) and Ackermans (178.40) gaining 0.9% and 0.8 %.
Proximus (17.59) and Telenet (34.06) on the other hand lost 0.9% and 0.2%, Orange Belgium (19.82) also yielding 0.4% while Bpost (7.54) recovered 0 .3%. Aperam (55.42) gained 0.5% in contrast to Umicore (33.51), down 0.8% while GBL (98.04) and Sofina (388.00) rose 0.5 % each.
Balta (3.50) and D’Ieteren (164.20) were worth 2.6% and 1.5% more than Friday, Ontex (7.32) on the other hand losing 2.6%. Biocartis (3.29), Hyloris (17.20) and Sequana Medical (6.82) dropped 2.6% each while IBA (14.76) and Asit (0.25) appreciated by 1.6% .
The euro stood at 1.1425 USD on Monday morning, once morest 1.1429 last Friday around 4:30 p.m. An ounce of gold yielded 1.05 dollars to 1,821.05 dollars and the bullion was trading around 51,245 euros, down 10 euros.