Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials 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 3.35% or 1.870 points to trade at 57.710 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC (BR:KBC) added 1.47% or 0.810 points to end at 55.960 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 1.46% or 1.10 points to 76.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which fell 3.75% or 0.78 points to trade at 19.87 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) declined 2.16% or 0.47 points to end at 21.31 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 1.42% or 0.91 points to 63.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 86 to 48 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1225.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.75% or 0.34 to hit $45.91 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.35 to trade at $46.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.0654, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8554.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 100.67.