Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.36% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 1.76% or 1.20 points to trade at 69.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.74% or 1.490 points to end at 87.080 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 1.71% or 2.15 points to 128.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ageas (BR:AGES), which fell 1.41% or 0.565 points to trade at 39.405 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 0.75% or 0.21 points to end at 28.42 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.67% or 0.20 points to 29.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 69 to 41 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Umicore NV (BR:UMI) rose to all time highs; up 1.76% or 1.20 to 69.51. Shares in Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) rose to all time highs; up 1.74% or 1.490 to 87.080.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.48 to $1288.28 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.46% or 0.76 to hit $51.38 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.63 to trade at $56.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1780, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.06.