Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 1.74% or 0.44 points to trade at 25.75 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.31% or 1.020 points to end at 78.920 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 0.81% or 0.76 points to 94.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which lost 0.71% or 0.13 points to trade at 18.23 in late trade. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 0.52% or 0.34 points to end at 65.28 and Ageas (BR:AGES) shed 0.43% or 0.190 points to 43.540.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 58 to 50 and 18 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.68% or 9.20 to $1339.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $73.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.2285, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 90.05.