Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Beverage and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL), which rose 1.77% or 0.27 points to trade at 15.38 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC (BRU:KBC) added 1.53% or 0.900 points to end at 59.910 and Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI) was up 0.97% or 1.05 points to 109.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BRU:BEKB), which fell 1.36% or 0.36 points to trade at 26.16 at the close. Delhaize Group (BRU:DELB) declined 1.36% or 1.14 points to end at 82.49 and bpost NV (BRU:BPOST) was down 1.18% or 0.30 points to 25.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 90 to 79 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.62% or 7.30 to $1179.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.42% or 0.87 to hit $60.56 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.27% or 0.83 to trade at $64.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.79% to 1.1235, while EUR/GBP fell 0.56% to 0.7252.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.67% at 95.22.