Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which rose 3.07% or 0.382 points to trade at 12.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 2.80% or 1.11 points to end at 40.75 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) was up 2.46% or 1.19 points to 49.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which fell 0.37% or 0.16 points to trade at 43.10 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 0.02% or 0.02 points to end at 80.24 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 0.16% or 0.140 points to 87.060.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 75 to 43 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telenet Group (BR:TNET) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.37% or 0.16 to 43.10. Shares in Umicore SA (BR:UMI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.46% or 1.19 to 49.59.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.24% or 3.10 to $1297.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.46% or 0.31 to hit $66.73 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.82 to trade at $76.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1672, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8737.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.09.