Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.58% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 1.70% or 0.77 points to trade at 45.74 at the close. Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI) added 1.52% or 1.65 points to end at 110.15 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 1.29% or 0.98 points to 76.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which lost 0.87% or 0.95 points to trade at 108.75 in late trade. Ageas (BR:AGES) declined 0.67% or 0.240 points to end at 35.625 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) shed 0.54% or 0.28 points to 51.33.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 79 to 64 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.75% or 21.80 to $1226.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.34% or 0.14 to hit $41.90 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.16 to trade at $44.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1265, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7957.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 94.89.