Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.30%

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (EBR:AGES), which rose 3.91% or 1.74 points to trade at 46.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.07% or 0.28 points to end at 26.52 and Sofina (EBR:SOF) was up 0.74% or 1.60 points to 217.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (EBR:UMI), which fell 3.18% or 0.37 points to trade at 11.26 at the close. Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) declined 1.55% or 1.25 points to end at 79.30 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was down 0.70% or 0.18 points to 25.48.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 60 to 35 and 13 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 12.20 to $2,540.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.06% or 0.80 to hit $74.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.86 to trade at $77.80 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 100.95.