Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.30%

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (EBR:AGES ), which rose 3.91% or 1.74 points to trade at 46.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG ) added 1.07% or 0.28 points to end at 26.52 and Sofina (EBR:SOF ) was up 0.74% or 1.60 points to 217.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (EBR:UMI ), which fell 3.18% or 0.37 points to trade at 11.26 at the close. Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS ) declined 1.55% or 1.25 points to end at 79.30 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM ) was down 0.70% or 0.18 points to 25.48.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 60 to 35 and 13 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 12.20 to $2,540.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.06% or 0.80 to hit $74.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.86 to trade at $77.80 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 100.95.

Source: Investing.com