Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 1.74% or 0.44 points to trade at 25.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.31% or 1.020 points to end at 78.920 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 0.81% or 0.76 points to 94.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 0.71% or 0.13 points to trade at 18.23 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 0.52% or 0.34 points to end at 65.28 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was down 0.43% or 0.190 points to 43.540.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 58 to 50 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.67% or 9.10 to $1339.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $73.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.2284, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8755.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 90.05.