Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 2.03% or 1.43 points to trade at 71.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Delhaize Group (BR:DELB) added 1.36% or 1.26 points to end at 94.04 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 1.18% or 0.34 points to 28.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which fell 1.59% or 0.74 points to trade at 45.92 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:ING) declined 1.47% or 0.165 points to end at 11.075 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was down 1.26% or 0.92 points to 72.27.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 81 to 66 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.97% or 24.60 to $1224.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.09% or 1.28 to hit $40.17 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.44% or 1.02 to trade at $40.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1176, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.7928.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 96.13.