Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 0.98% or 0.750 points to trade at 77.270 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BR:UCB) added 0.94% or 0.54 points to end at 57.89 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.90% or 0.27 points to 29.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB), which fell 4.27% or 6.30 points to trade at 141.20 at the close. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) declined 2.75% or 1.32 points to end at 46.67 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was down 0.69% or 0.28 points to 40.04.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 61 to 46 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.71% or 9.32 to $1323.42 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.70% or 1.24 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.65% or 1.85 to trade at $52.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1878, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.9214.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 92.83.