Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 1.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:ING), which rose 3.31% or 0.360 points to trade at 11.240 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) added 3.17% or 1.99 points to end at 64.78 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 2.53% or 1.290 points to 52.230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which lost 1.04% or 0.26 points to trade at 24.23 in late trade. Umicore NV (BR:UMI) declined 0.64% or 0.29 points to end at 44.90 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) shed 0.56% or 0.60 points to 107.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 50 and 14 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.59% or 7.25 to $1221.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.51% or 0.25 to hit $48.87 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 0.46 to trade at $49.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1154, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.7590.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.46.