Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC Groep NV (EBR:KBC), which rose 3.64% or 2.46 points to trade at 70.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) added 2.81% or 2.20 points to end at 80.50 and Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) was up 2.72% or 0.30 points to 11.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elia (EBR:ELI), which fell 1.34% or 1.30 points to trade at 95.75 at the close. Proximus NV (EBR:PROX) declined 1.16% or 0.08 points to end at 6.39 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP) was down 0.56% or 0.14 points to 24.72.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 68 to 25 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.70% or 17.30 to $2,497.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.87% or 1.44 to hit $78.42 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.93% or 1.54 to trade at $81.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.49% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 102.71.