Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which rose 2.15% or 0.99 points to trade at 47.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 0.97% or 0.25 points to end at 26.10 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 0.88% or 0.640 points to 73.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 1.61% or 0.70 points to trade at 42.80 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 0.99% or 0.66 points to end at 65.90 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 0.64% or 0.16 points to 24.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 53 to 47 and 26 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.70 to $1330.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.29% or 0.18 to hit $61.61 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $65.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.2314, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8829.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.83.