Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 1.50% or 1.020 points to trade at 69.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 1.41% or 0.55 points to end at 39.24 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was up 0.79% or 0.120 points to 15.295 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB (BR:UCB), which fell 1.45% or 0.91 points to trade at 61.64 at the close. Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) declined 0.84% or 1.25 points to end at 148.15 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was down 0.72% or 0.43 points to 58.99.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 55 to 54 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 4.19 to $1288.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.47% or 0.85 to hit $58.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.10 to trade at $63.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1936, while EUR/GBP rose 0.57% to 0.8954.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.66.