Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 1.63% or 0.67 points to trade at 41.80 at the close. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) added 1.60% or 1.40 points to end at 89.06 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 1.21% or 0.475 points to 39.830 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which lost 0.66% or 0.20 points to trade at 29.39 in late trade. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.58% or 0.17 points to end at 29.86 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.14% or 0.02 points to 14.08.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 63 to 42 and 15 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1277.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.74% or 0.35 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.15 to trade at $50.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1696, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.9103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 93.97.