Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 1.08% or 0.920 points to trade at 86.360 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 0.80% or 0.85 points to end at 107.20 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 0.55% or 0.360 points to 65.860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which fell 5.17% or 2.30 points to trade at 42.16 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 1.84% or 0.38 points to end at 20.31 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was down 0.73% or 0.09 points to 12.32.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 56 to 51 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in bpost NV (BR:BPOST) fell to all time lows; falling 0.73% or 0.09 to 12.32.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.34% or 4.20 to $1242.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.91% or 0.64 to hit $70.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.88 to trade at $75.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1669, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8828.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.58.