Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.73%

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials , Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE ), which rose 6.32% or 1.15 points to trade at 19.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (EBR:UMI ) added 3.88% or 0.42 points to end at 11.25 and Groep Brussel Lambert NV (EBR:GBLB ) was up 1.98% or 1.30 points to 66.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB ), which fell 3.41% or 1.19 points to trade at 33.73 at the close. Lotus Bakeries (EBR:LOTB ) declined 1.95% or 240.00 points to end at 12,060.00 and Argen-X (EBR:ARGX ) was down 0.72% or 4.00 points to 549.20.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 31 and 11 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.95% or 25.55 to $2,701.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $71.96 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.33 to trade at $75.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 104.38.

Source: Investing.com