Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 4.03% or 2.10 points to trade at 54.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 2.13% or 0.81 points to end at 38.83 and Ablynx NV (BR:ABLX) was up 1.46% or 0.640 points to 44.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ageas (BR:AGES), which fell 0.85% or 0.360 points to trade at 41.960 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 0.81% or 0.54 points to end at 66.18 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 0.65% or 0.460 points to 70.720.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 55 to 50 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ablynx NV (BR:ABLX) rose to all time highs; rising 1.46% or 0.640 to 44.580.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1323.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.53% or 0.34 to hit $64.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.29 to trade at $69.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.2298, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.