Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which rose 1.65% or 0.33 points to trade at 20.03 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) added 1.31% or 1.40 points to end at 108.65 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.74% or 0.34 points to 47.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UCB (BR:UCB), which lost 1.34% or 0.83 points to trade at 60.91 in late trade. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 0.36% or 0.40 points to end at 111.35 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) shed 0.32% or 0.17 points to 52.72.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 62 to 49 and 9 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.20% or 2.35 to $1155.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.19 to trade at $56.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.0546, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8543.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 102.22.