Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which rose 1.65% or 0.33 points to trade at 20.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) added 1.31% or 1.40 points to end at 108.65 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.74% or 0.34 points to 47.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB (BR:UCB), which fell 1.34% or 0.83 points to trade at 60.91 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 0.36% or 0.40 points to end at 111.35 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was down 0.32% or 0.17 points to 52.72.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 49 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.20% or 2.35 to $1155.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $53.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.19 to trade at $56.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.0545, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8543.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 102.21.