Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.91%

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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.91% to hit a new 52-week high.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS ), which rose 5.61% or 4.23 points to trade at 79.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (EBR:UMI ) added 4.74% or 0.54 points to end at 11.94 and D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB ) was up 2.77% or 5.30 points to 196.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were UCB SA (EBR:UCB ), which fell 1.53% or 2.50 points to trade at 161.35 at the close. Proximus NV (EBR:PROX ) declined 0.91% or 0.07 points to end at 7.04 and Sofina (EBR:SOF ) was down 0.55% or 1.40 points to 254.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 75 to 30 and 8 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.94% or 25.30 to $2,669.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.55% or 0.37 to hit $68.04 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.27 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.21.

Source: Investing.com