Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 2.54% or 0.77 points to trade at 30.85 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 1.35% or 0.43 points to end at 32.62 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 1.29% or 0.99 points to 77.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which lost 2.18% or 1.05 points to trade at 47.45 in late trade. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 0.96% or 0.42 points to end at 43.64 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) shed 0.65% or 0.520 points to 78.990.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 58 to 56 and 7 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.34% or 4.22 to $1228.42 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.21% or 0.10 to hit $47.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $50.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.0921, while EUR/GBP rose 0.68% to 0.8486.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 99.14.