Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.42%
Investing.com
Published Sep 08, 2017 12:20PM ET
Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.42%
Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Sofina (BR:SOF), which rose 1.58% or 1.95 points to trade at 125.70 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BR:UCB) added 1.44% or 0.84 points to end at 59.32 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was up 1.21% or 1.70 points to 141.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 0.90% or 0.38 points to trade at 41.26 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.44% or 0.13 points to end at 29.19 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.30% or 0.04 points to 14.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 54 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.28 to $1351.58 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.04% or 1.00 to hit $48.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.37 to trade at $54.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.2034, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.9117.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 91.30.
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