Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 3.68% or 1.53 points to trade at 43.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 1.16% or 0.49 points to end at 42.89 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 1.15% or 0.76 points to 67.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 2.88% or 0.62 points to trade at 20.94 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 2.27% or 0.59 points to end at 25.35 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was down 1.97% or 1.05 points to 52.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 37 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.33% or 4.40 to $1353.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.98% or 1.32 to hit $67.84 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.72% or 1.23 to trade at $72.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.2380, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8706.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.32.