Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 4.57% or 0.67 points to trade at 15.33 at the close. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 3.68% or 1.66 points to end at 46.74 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.94% or 1.620 points to 85.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which lost 3.10% or 0.64 points to trade at 20.00 in late trade. Argen-X (BR:ARGX) declined 1.26% or 1.00 points to end at 78.60 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) shed 1.16% or 0.24 points to 20.53.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 59 to 54 and 19 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.23% or 3.00 to $1275.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.59% or 0.38 to hit $65.28 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.56 to trade at $74.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1589, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.67.