Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 1.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Belgacom (BRU:BCOM), which rose 4.31% or 1.38 points to trade at 33.38 at the close. Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI) added 3.15% or 3.35 points to end at 109.60 and GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) was up 3.09% or 0.56 points to 18.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BRU:COFB), which lost 0.43% or 0.42 points to trade at 96.51 in late trade. Telenet Group (BRU:TNET) added 0.13% or 0.07 points to end at 52.67 and UCB (BRU:UCB) gained 0.31% or 0.19 points to 61.69.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 48 and 6 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.53% or 6.30 to $1188.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.85% or 0.50 to hit $59.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $65.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1228, while EUR/GBP fell 1.62% to 0.7269.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.75.