Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.06% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 1.08% or 0.58 points to trade at 54.26 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 0.64% or 0.390 points to end at 61.380 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 0.54% or 0.60 points to 112.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which lost 0.81% or 0.43 points to trade at 52.62 in late trade. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.73% or 0.20 points to end at 27.02 and Ageas (BR:AGES) shed 0.57% or 0.215 points to 37.630.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 57 to 46 and 14 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.65 to $1139.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.52% or 0.28 to hit $54.18 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.25 to trade at $57.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.73% to 1.0379, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8498.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 103.52.