Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 4.56% or 2.080 points to trade at 47.735 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 0.93% or 0.47 points to end at 51.06 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.65% or 0.09 points to 13.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which fell 1.19% or 0.54 points to trade at 44.27 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 1.10% or 0.73 points to end at 65.77 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 1.06% or 0.95 points to 88.34.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 76 to 66 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.36% or 4.55 to $1270.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $46.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.37 to trade at $47.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1375, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.7872.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 94.11.