Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the BEL Industrials Net Return, BEL Basic Materials Net Return and BEL Consumer Goods Net Return sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE), which rose 3.64% or 0.67 points to trade at 19.06 at the close. Sofina (EBR:SOF) added 1.03% or 2.20 points to end at 216.20 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP) was up 0.70% or 0.14 points to 20.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ackermans & Van Haaren NV (EBR:ACKB), which fell 0.64% or 1.20 points to trade at 187.60 in late trade. Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) declined 0.62% or 0.35 points to end at 56.35 and Ageas (EBR:AGES) down 0.50% or 0.24 points to 47.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 49 to 46 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.37% or 9.89 to $2,658.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.20% or 0.82 to hit $67.48 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.73 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 106.04.