Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.45%

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms , Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.45%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (EBR:PROX ), which rose 5.51% or 0.35 points to trade at 6.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (EBR:UMI ) added 2.11% or 0.23 points to end at 11.11 and Argen-X (EBR:ARGX ) was up 1.44% or 7.40 points to 521.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI ), which fell 0.53% or 0.32 points to trade at 59.54 at the close. Groep Brussel Lambert NV (EBR:GBLB ) declined 0.51% or 0.35 points to end at 67.90 and Sofina (EBR:SOF ) was down 0.43% or 1.00 points to 229.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 49 to 43 and 15 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 1.90 to $2,750.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.92% or 1.35 to hit $71.54 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.40 to trade at $75.78 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.07.

Source: Investing.com