Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.02% or 1.330 points to trade at 67.120 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 1.40% or 1.34 points to end at 97.36 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 1.20% or 0.445 points to 37.495 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which fell 1.24% or 0.75 points to trade at 59.91 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 0.80% or 0.36 points to end at 44.40 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was down 0.40% or 0.60 points to 148.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 44 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.02% or 12.52 to $1210.78 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.35% or 1.07 to hit $44.45 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.41% or 1.16 to trade at $46.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1401, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8851.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 95.81.