Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were D'Ieteren (D) (BRU:IETB), which rose 1.99% or 0.675 points to trade at 34.650 at the close. KBC (BRU:KBC) added 1.44% or 0.850 points to end at 60.000 and GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) was up 1.33% or 0.26 points to 19.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telenet Group (BRU:TNET), which lost 1.88% or 1.02 points to trade at 53.25 in late trade. Umicore (D) (BRU:UMI) declined 1.50% or 0.64 points to end at 42.00 and Belgacom (BRU:BCOM) shed 0.61% or 0.21 points to 33.97.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 74 and 2 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.50 to $1196.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.71% or 2.51 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 4.22% or 2.52 to trade at $62.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.0607, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.7176.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 99.16.