Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo SA (EBR:COFB), which rose 1.27% or 0.75 points to trade at 59.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) added 1.21% or 1.00 points to end at 83.45 and Elia (EBR:ELI) was up 1.18% or 1.05 points to 89.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB), which fell 1.61% or 0.55 points to trade at 33.51 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI) declined 1.15% or 0.64 points to end at 55.14 and D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB) was down 1.15% or 2.40 points to 206.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 38 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.07% or 25.35 to $2,394.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.38% or 0.32 to hit $84.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.21 to trade at $87.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 104.63.