Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 4.57% or 0.67 points to trade at 15.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 3.68% or 1.66 points to end at 46.74 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.94% or 1.620 points to 85.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 3.10% or 0.64 points to trade at 20.00 at the close. Argen-X (BR:ARGX) declined 1.26% or 1.00 points to end at 78.60 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 1.16% or 0.24 points to 20.53.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 54 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Proximus NV (BR:PROX) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.16% or 0.24 to 20.53.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.23% or 3.00 to $1275.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.66% or 0.43 to hit $65.33 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.71% or 0.53 to trade at $74.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1590, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.66.