Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.10% or 1.310 points to trade at 63.560 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 1.87% or 0.250 points to end at 13.600 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 1.72% or 0.46 points to 27.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 0.74% or 0.30 points to trade at 40.41 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 0.52% or 0.55 points to end at 105.55 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 0.25% or 0.150 points to 58.920.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 48 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.44% or 5.45 to $1234.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.47% or 0.77 to hit $53.11 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.54 to trade at $55.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.0659, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 100.59.