Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB), which rose 6.03% or 6.45 points to trade at 113.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 1.07% or 1.05 points to end at 99.46 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 0.81% or 0.430 points to 53.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB (BR:UCB), which fell 2.38% or 1.75 points to trade at 71.86 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 0.68% or 0.330 points to end at 48.250 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.53% or 0.14 points to 27.29.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 74 to 74 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.95 to $1316.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.95% or 1.32 to hit $43.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.77% or 1.30 to trade at $45.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.8430.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 95.71.