Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 2.37% or 1.62 points to trade at 70.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 2.17% or 1.940 points to end at 91.200 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 2.01% or 0.52 points to 26.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 0.58% or 0.25 points to trade at 42.74 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.15% or 0.04 points to end at 27.38 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.10% or 0.01 points to 14.42.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 79 to 33 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.55% or 7.30 to $1334.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.05% or 0.67 to hit $63.28 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.72 to trade at $68.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.2236, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 90.34.