Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.02% or 1.580 points to trade at 79.780 at the close. Meanwhile, Ageas (BR:AGES) added 1.94% or 0.830 points to end at 43.600 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was up 1.78% or 0.246 points to 14.070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 2.48% or 0.54 points to trade at 21.24 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 0.47% or 0.41 points to end at 85.99 and Ablynx NV (BR:ABLX) was down 0.09% or 0.040 points to 44.460.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 46 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.40% or 19.00 to $1341.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $66.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.37 to trade at $71.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.2321, while EUR/GBP fell 0.79% to 0.8654.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 89.50.