Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.68%

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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.68% to hit a new 52-week high.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM ), which rose 4.25% or 1.10 points to trade at 26.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (EBR:UMI ) added 4.20% or 0.46 points to end at 11.40 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI ) was up 3.21% or 1.82 points to 58.56 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were UCB SA (EBR:UCB ), which fell 2.82% or 4.75 points to trade at 163.85 at the close. Argen-X (EBR:ARGX ) declined 1.75% or 8.50 points to end at 476.60 and D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB ) was down 0.47% or 0.90 points to 191.60.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 61 to 34 and 11 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 7.30 to $2,692.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.02% or 1.41 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.77% or 1.29 to trade at $71.61 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 100.28.

Source: Investing.com