Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 2.68% or 1.57 points to trade at 60.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Ageas (BR:AGES) added 2.61% or 0.955 points to end at 37.495 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was up 1.96% or 0.83 points to 43.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which fell 0.51% or 0.55 points to trade at 107.35 at the close. Sofina (BR:SOF) declined 0.04% or 0.05 points to end at 129.20 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was up 0.10% or 0.15 points to 150.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 83 to 27 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Umicore NV (BR:UMI) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.68% or 1.57 to 60.07.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.01% or 0.18 to $1252.62 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.17% or 1.07 to hit $50.42 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.19% or 1.15 to trade at $53.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8595.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 97.16.