Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 2.44% or 1.260 points to trade at 52.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 1.75% or 0.73 points to end at 42.35 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was up 0.97% or 0.105 points to 10.875 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 1.27% or 0.49 points to trade at 37.97 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 0.52% or 0.07 points to end at 14.29 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 0.51% or 0.17 points to 32.24.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 79 to 54 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.10% or 14.85 to $1331.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.83% or 1.36 to hit $46.74 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.80% or 0.90 to trade at $49.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.8502.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 94.75.