Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Construction & Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ), which rose 2.01% or 0.38 points to trade at 19.30 at the close. KBC (BRU:KBC) added 1.35% or 0.780 points to end at 58.540 and Colruyt (D) (BRU:COLR) was up 1.26% or 0.55 points to 43.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL), which lost 1.96% or 0.35 points to trade at 17.48 in late trade. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BRU:COFB) declined 1.13% or 1.15 points to end at 100.40 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BRU:ACKB) shed 1.08% or 1.20 points to 109.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 73 and 2 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.49% or 17.80 to $1176.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.76% or 0.44 to hit $57.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.36 to trade at $65.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.0870, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.7165.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 97.09.