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Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Elia (EBR:ELI), which rose 3.05% or 2.50 points to trade at 84.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) added 2.39% or 1.35 points to end at 57.80 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 2.17% or 0.56 points to 26.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB SA (EBR:UCB), which fell 2.57% or 4.70 points to trade at 178.00 at the close. Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) declined 1.00% or 0.76 points to end at 75.09 and Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) was down 0.32% or 0.10 points to 31.41.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 64 to 33 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 7.45 to $2,579.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $68.60 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.21 to trade at $72.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.50.
