Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI), which rose 2.45% or 2.80 points to trade at 117.20 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 2.30% or 1.330 points to end at 59.100 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) was up 2.04% or 0.41 points to 20.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which added 0.05% or 0.05 points to trade at 106.70 in late trade. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) added 0.12% or 0.03 points to end at 24.39 and Elia (BR:ELI) gained 0.24% or 0.110 points to 45.185.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 39 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.90 to $1256.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.67% or 0.34 to hit $50.10 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.34 to trade at $51.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.0991, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.9020.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 97.95.