Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.49% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 3.01% or 1.71 points to trade at 58.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 1.61% or 1.65 points to end at 104.40 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 0.87% or 0.78 points to 90.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 0.96% or 0.840 points to trade at 87.060 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 0.28% or 0.12 points to end at 45.24 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was down 0.25% or 0.10 points to 40.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 75 to 47 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) rose to 5-year highs; rising 0.87% or 0.78 to 90.77.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.30 to $1275.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.72% or 0.86 to hit $50.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.13% or 1.19 to trade at $56.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1709, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 93.75.