Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 3.39% or 1.46 points to trade at 44.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 1.98% or 1.92 points to end at 99.03 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was up 1.73% or 0.69 points to 40.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 0.43% or 0.06 points to trade at 13.96 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 0.11% or 0.03 points to end at 28.46 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 0.20% or 0.17 points to 85.18.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 75 to 31 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.57 to $1314.33 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $46.51 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.29 to trade at $51.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1921, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.9217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 92.64.