Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 1.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:ING), which rose 3.31% or 0.360 points to trade at 11.240 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BR:UCB) added 3.17% or 1.99 points to end at 64.78 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 2.53% or 1.290 points to 52.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 1.04% or 0.26 points to trade at 24.23 at the close. Umicore NV (BR:UMI) declined 0.64% or 0.29 points to end at 44.90 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was down 0.56% or 0.60 points to 107.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 90 to 50 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.59% or 7.25 to $1221.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.56% or 0.27 to hit $48.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.48 to trade at $49.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1154, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.7590.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.46.