Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 1.28% or 0.23 points to trade at 18.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.17% or 1.060 points to end at 91.380 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 1.07% or 0.470 points to 44.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 1.65% or 0.43 points to trade at 25.70 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 0.96% or 1.00 points to end at 102.80 and Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET) was down 0.88% or 0.38 points to 42.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 50 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aperam SA (AS:APAM) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.65% or 0.43 to 25.70.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.89% or 22.70 to $1221.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $56.72 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.34 to trade at $66.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.71% to 1.1408, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 96.34.