Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Consumer Goods 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 Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 8.93% or 6.370 points to trade at 77.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) added 1.10% or 1.20 points to end at 109.85 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.86% or 0.23 points to 27.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 2.16% or 0.60 points to trade at 27.20 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 1.09% or 0.40 points to end at 35.85 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was down 1.08% or 0.46 points to 42.32.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 58 to 55 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.03% or 0.40 to $1257.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.35% or 0.20 to hit $57.24 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $63.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1774, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.8842.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.85.