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Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the BEL Health Care Net Return, BEL Consumer Services Net Return and BEL Utilities Net Return sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB SA (EBR:UCB), which rose 3.00% or 4.65 points to trade at 159.90 at the close. Lotus Bakeries (EBR:LOTB) added 1.56% or 140.00 points to end at 9,110.00 and Sofina (EBR:SOF) was up 1.11% or 2.80 points to 254.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE), which fell 1.69% or 0.25 points to trade at 14.57 in late trade. Argen-X (EBR:ARGX) declined 1.29% or 6.60 points to end at 506.40 and Cofinimmo SA (EBR:COFB) down 1.11% or 0.85 points to 75.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 50 to 38 and 17 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.91% or 30.31 to $3,313.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.02% or 0.62 to hit $60.32 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.34% or 0.85 to trade at $62.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 99.35.