Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 1.63% or 0.67 points to trade at 41.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) added 1.60% or 1.40 points to end at 89.06 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 1.21% or 0.475 points to 39.830 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 0.66% or 0.20 points to trade at 29.39 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.58% or 0.17 points to end at 29.86 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.14% or 0.02 points to 14.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 42 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.96 to $1277.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.74% or 0.35 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.17 to trade at $50.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1696, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.9103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 93.97.
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