Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 2.70% or 1.630 points to trade at 62.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Ageas (BR:AGES) added 0.52% or 0.190 points to end at 36.545 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was up 0.42% or 0.060 points to 14.210 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 2.81% or 2.350 points to trade at 81.340 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 1.64% or 0.50 points to end at 29.98 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was down 1.55% or 0.71 points to 45.03.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 38 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.70 to $1287.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.25% or 1.14 to hit $49.57 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.00% or 1.06 to trade at $51.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.0694, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8356.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 99.85.