Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which rose 1.27% or 0.50 points to trade at 40.01 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 1.00% or 0.115 points to end at 11.640 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 0.99% or 0.24 points to 24.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC (BR:KBC), which fell 1.36% or 0.730 points to trade at 53.060 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 1.25% or 0.33 points to end at 25.74 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 0.41% or 0.12 points to 27.91.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 82 to 70 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.67% or 8.45 to $1271.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.98% or 1.50 to hit $51.79 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.48% or 1.28 to trade at $52.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.0967, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8938.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 97.90.