Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 1.74% or 1.25 points to trade at 73.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI) added 1.25% or 1.40 points to end at 113.20 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 1.20% or 1.16 points to 98.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which fell 0.16% or 0.04 points to trade at 21.68 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 0.27% or 0.30 points to end at 109.45 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 0.22% or 0.07 points to 32.04.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 85 to 44 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.65 to $1326.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $47.33 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.19 to trade at $49.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1220, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8536.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 95.25.