Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Food Producers and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.70% or 2.340 points to trade at 88.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Argen-X (BR:ARGX) added 2.67% or 2.10 points to end at 80.70 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 2.28% or 0.23 points to 10.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 2.44% or 0.63 points to trade at 25.21 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 1.29% or 0.24 points to end at 18.41 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.45% or 0.06 points to 12.09.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 68 to 38 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.40 to $1223.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 6.68% or 3.65 to hit $50.98 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.97% or 3.74 to trade at $58.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1335, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8844.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.812.