Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB), which rose 4.59% or 1.49 points to trade at 33.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) added 2.96% or 2.43 points to end at 84.58 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI) was up 2.44% or 1.34 points to 56.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Argen-X (EBR:ARGX), which fell 1.74% or 7.50 points to trade at 423.40 at the close. D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB) declined 1.23% or 2.60 points to end at 208.40 and UCB SA (EBR:UCB) was down 0.81% or 1.15 points to 141.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 51 to 34 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.50 to $2,467.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.06% or 1.64 to hit $81.35 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 1.33 to trade at $85.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 103.53.