Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.16% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 1.93% or 0.58 points to trade at 30.86 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC (BR:KBC) added 1.02% or 0.730 points to end at 72.000 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was up 0.84% or 1.25 points to 150.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 2.35% or 0.91 points to trade at 37.78 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 1.04% or 0.30 points to end at 28.57 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 1.01% or 0.62 points to 60.64.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 48 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.97 to $1284.23 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.86 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.08 to trade at $57.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1790, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8938.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.32.