Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 2.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.49% or 2.680 points to trade at 79.460 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 3.37% or 1.25 points to end at 38.37 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 2.98% or 2.74 points to 94.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ablynx NV (BR:ABLX), which lost 0.09% or 0.040 points to trade at 44.560 in late trade. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 0.67% or 0.30 points to end at 45.30 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) gained 0.95% or 1.00 points to 106.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 83 to 25 and 16 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.84% or 11.30 to $1328.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.38% or 0.24 to hit $63.61 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.33 to trade at $68.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.2241, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8742.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.15.