Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 4.58% or 2.170 points to trade at 49.500 at the close. Meanwhile, NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) added 4.27% or 1.61 points to end at 39.34 and ING Groep NV (AS:ING) was up 3.05% or 0.295 points to 9.982 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI), which fell 0.86% or 0.95 points to trade at 110.00 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.28% or 0.07 points to end at 26.86 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 0.24% or 0.110 points to 45.090.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 111 to 35 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Proximus NV (BR:PROX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.28% or 0.07 to 26.86.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.60% or 7.75 to $1290.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.92% or 1.35 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.24% or 1.53 to trade at $48.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1269, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.7865.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 94.37.