After reaching a high of 4,310.43 points shortly after the opening on Monday, the BEL 20 index moved up and down until finally confirming a rise of 0.65% to 4,293.44 points.
Galapagos (26.24) stood out, jumping 4.46%, ahead of Syensqo (79.24) and KBC (70.02), which gained 2.40% and 1.71% respectively, the latter on the eve of its coupon detachment.
Ageas (48.28) and AB InBev (53.64) were up by 0.50 and 0.64%, while Lotus Bakeries (12,260) lost 0.16%; arGEN-X (559.00) and UCB (184.50) were worth 0.83 and 0.05% more than on Friday while Solvay (33.13) lost 1.25%.
D'Ieteren (198.70) and Melexis (59.30) went down by 0.55% and 1%. Elia (87.65) and Azelis (19.71) gained 0.98% and 1.08%, and Sofina (224.60) 0.90%.
Aperam (27.34) was down 0.07% on a rise of 1.79% due to the detachment of its coupon. Exmar (8.01) rebounded by 4.4%, while DEME (129.20) and EVS (28.20) gained 2.2% and 3.5% respectively. Gains of over 2% were also noted in Care Property Invest (12.66) and Home Invest (16.58).
Bpost (2.155) and Roularta (11.40) were down by 3.3% and 1.7% respectively, while Econocom (1.99) and CFE (5.92) dropped 2.2% and 2.3%.
Hyloris (4.67) and Sequana Medical (0.90) lost 2.7% and 1.3% respectively, while Onward Medical (5.00) was down by 2.3% and Celyad (0.72) regained 7.6%.
At around 4.30pm, the euro was trading at $1.0640, compared with $1.0750 on Friday.
Gold was trading at around €79,200 per bar, down by €1,200.
