Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 1.31% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 5.06% or 1.10 points to trade at 22.95 at the close. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 4.66% or 2.13 points to end at 47.92 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 3.13% or 0.96 points to 31.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sofina (BR:SOF), which lost 0.24% or 0.30 points to trade at 124.55 in late trade. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 0.05% or 0.05 points to end at 107.70 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) gained 0.48% or 0.41 points to 85.44.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 59 to 49 and 11 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.29% or 3.62 to $1248.48 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.63% or 0.78 to hit $48.67 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.70 to trade at $50.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1633, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8916.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.02.