Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 1.29% or 0.18 points to trade at 14.50 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) added 0.63% or 0.430 points to end at 69.070 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 0.53% or 0.210 points to 39.470 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB), which lost 2.02% or 1.78 points to trade at 86.34 in late trade. Sofina (BR:SOF) declined 0.52% or 0.65 points to end at 124.05 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) shed 0.37% or 0.55 points to 150.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 59 to 49 and 9 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 1.79 to $1292.91 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.35% or 1.14 to hit $47.27 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.79 to trade at $51.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1804, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.9224.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.18.