Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.82%
Investing.com
Published May 13, 2016 12:20PM ET
Belgium stocks higher at close of trade; BEL 20 up 0.82%
Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.71% or 1.180 points to trade at 44.745 at the close. Meanwhile, Delhaize Group (BR:DELB) added 2.03% or 1.88 points to end at 94.29 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 1.98% or 0.945 points to 48.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which fell 1.52% or 1.65 points to trade at 106.85 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.29% or 1.14 points to end at 87.20 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was down 0.43% or 0.10 points to 24.43.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 91 to 59 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1271.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.24% or 0.58 to hit $46.12 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.36 to trade at $47.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.75% to 1.1291, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.7861.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.67% at 94.74.
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