Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 2.99% or 1.135 points to trade at 39.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 2.30% or 1.470 points to end at 65.480 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 2.29% or 1.350 points to 60.330 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 0.60% or 0.07 points to trade at 11.67 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 0.42% or 0.45 points to end at 106.55 and Elia (BR:ELI) was down 0.16% or 0.075 points to 47.560.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 80 to 32 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.30% or 3.65 to $1196.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.91% or 0.48 to hit $52.53 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.36 to trade at $55.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0631, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 101.29.