Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which rose 3.07% or 0.382 points to trade at 12.840 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 2.80% or 1.11 points to end at 40.75 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) was up 2.46% or 1.19 points to 49.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which lost 0.37% or 0.16 points to trade at 43.10 in late trade. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 0.02% or 0.02 points to end at 80.24 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) gained 0.16% or 0.140 points to 87.060.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 75 to 43 and 16 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.24% or 3.10 to $1297.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.48% or 0.32 to hit $66.72 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.07% or 0.83 to trade at $76.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1672, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.8738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.09.