Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 1.50%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (BR:ARGX), which rose 13.55% or 9.50 points to trade at 79.60 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 5.95% or 0.624 points to end at 11.104 and Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET) was up 4.20% or 1.80 points to 44.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB), which fell 2.87% or 2.36 points to trade at 79.82 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) declined 0.45% or 0.06 points to end at 13.35 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 0.24% or 0.18 points to 74.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 35 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.77% or 21.40 to $1233.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.53% or 1.65 to hit $63.66 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.01% or 2.27 to trade at $73.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.1395, while EUR/GBP fell 1.05% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 96.22.