Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.49% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 3.01% or 1.71 points to trade at 58.55 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 1.61% or 1.65 points to end at 104.40 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 0.87% or 0.78 points to 90.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which lost 0.96% or 0.840 points to trade at 87.060 in late trade. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 0.28% or 0.12 points to end at 45.24 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) shed 0.25% or 0.10 points to 40.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 75 to 47 and 4 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.32 to $1275.48 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.72% or 0.86 to hit $50.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.19% or 1.22 to trade at $57.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1707, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 93.75.