Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Beverage, Consumer Goods and Construction & Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI), which rose 2.05% or 2.25 points to trade at 111.80 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BRU:UCB) added 1.54% or 1.11 points to end at 73.31 and Engie SA (PARIS:ENGIE) was up 1.51% or 0.27 points to 17.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BRU:TNET), which fell 0.89% or 0.48 points to trade at 53.32 at the close. KBC (BRU:KBC) declined 0.47% or 0.300 points to end at 63.440 and Elia (BRU:ELI) was down 0.21% or 0.080 points to 38.065.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 92 to 78 and 3 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.58% or 6.30 to $1084.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.25% or 0.57 to hit $45.17 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.29% or 0.65 to trade at $49.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.0871, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.6972.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 98.20.