Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Food Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Delta Lloyd (AS:DLL), which rose 3.54% or 0.15 points to trade at 4.30 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) added 3.44% or 0.91 points to end at 27.21 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 3.22% or 0.91 points to 28.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which lost 0.36% or 0.35 points to trade at 96.37 in late trade. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 0.02% or 0.02 points to end at 93.28 and Elia (BR:ELI) gained 0.07% or 0.030 points to 42.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 42 and 7 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.28% or 13.60 to $1075.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.20% or 1.57 to hit $35.78 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.06% or 1.19 to trade at $37.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.0936, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.7288.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 98.23.