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Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB SA (EBR:UCB), which rose 3.00% or 4.65 points to trade at 159.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Lotus Bakeries (EBR:LOTB) added 1.56% or 140.00 points to end at 9,110.00 and Sofina (EBR:SOF) was up 1.11% or 2.80 points to 254.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE), which fell 1.69% or 0.25 points to trade at 14.57 at the close. Argen-X (EBR:ARGX) declined 1.29% or 6.60 points to end at 506.40 and Cofinimmo SA (EBR:COFB) was down 1.11% or 0.85 points to 75.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 50 to 38 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.89% or 29.64 to $3,314.26 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.97% or 0.59 to hit $60.35 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.29% or 0.82 to trade at $62.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 99.35.