Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 4.03% or 2.10 points to trade at 54.25 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 2.13% or 0.81 points to end at 38.83 and Ablynx NV (BR:ABLX) was up 1.46% or 0.640 points to 44.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ageas (BR:AGES), which lost 0.85% or 0.360 points to trade at 41.960 in late trade. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 0.81% or 0.54 points to end at 66.18 and KBC (BR:KBC) shed 0.65% or 0.460 points to 70.720.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 55 to 50 and 20 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1323.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.50% or 0.32 to hit $64.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.30 to trade at $69.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.2297, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.