Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 2.09% or 0.56 points to trade at 27.60 at the close. Meanwhile, bpost NV (BR:BPOST) added 1.50% or 0.33 points to end at 22.40 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 1.08% or 0.29 points to 27.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 0.74% or 0.09 points to trade at 12.04 at the close. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 0.33% or 0.07 points to end at 19.65 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 0.28% or 0.170 points to 59.530.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 44 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.30% or 3.35 to $1134.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $52.95 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.10 to trade at $55.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0448, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8524.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 103.01.