Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 2.34% or 1.600 points to trade at 70.030 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 2.03% or 0.305 points to end at 15.335 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 1.62% or 0.46 points to 28.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB (BR:UCB), which fell 1.61% or 1.03 points to trade at 63.11 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 0.94% or 0.680 points to end at 72.010 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was down 0.93% or 0.89 points to 94.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 53 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.93% or 0.89 to 94.75.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.90% or 11.40 to $1254.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.07% or 0.60 to hit $56.56 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.76 to trade at $61.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1787, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.66.