Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Industrial Engineering and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (BR:ARGX), which rose 2.71% or 2.20 points to trade at 83.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 2.66% or 0.44 points to end at 17.00 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 2.12% or 0.26 points to 12.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR), which fell 0.58% or 0.36 points to trade at 61.44 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) declined 0.07% or 0.01 points to end at 7.59 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 0.26% or 0.15 points to 57.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 79 to 33 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.03% or 0.35 to $1281.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.19% or 0.53 to hit $45.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.19 to trade at $52.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1442, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.9009.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.942.