Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which rose 1.19% or 0.180 points to trade at 15.365 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC (BR:KBC) added 1.05% or 0.740 points to end at 70.980 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 0.76% or 0.95 points to 126.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 1.16% or 0.34 points to trade at 28.89 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.07% or 0.15 points to end at 14.29 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was down 0.90% or 0.40 points to 44.26.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 61 to 50 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in KBC (BR:KBC) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.05% or 0.740 to 70.980.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.39% or 18.25 to $1298.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $56.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1938, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8802.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 91.98.