Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.41% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB), which rose 1.54% or 2.25 points to trade at 148.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) added 1.54% or 1.65 points to end at 108.65 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 1.39% or 0.40 points to 28.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which fell 1.29% or 1.65 points to trade at 126.40 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.02% or 0.890 points to end at 86.190 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was down 0.04% or 0.02 points to 55.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 80 to 34 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.36 to $1287.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.38 to trade at $56.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1807, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.00.