Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 2.70% or 0.38 points to trade at 14.44 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BR:UCB) added 0.98% or 0.59 points to end at 60.75 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was up 0.50% or 0.23 points to 45.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 1.31% or 0.52 points to trade at 38.85 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) declined 0.95% or 0.23 points to end at 23.99 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was down 0.50% or 0.65 points to 130.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 51 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.49 to $1289.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $50.95 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.18 to trade at $56.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1844, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8968.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.91.