Investing.com – Belgian stocks were higher after Thursday’s close as gains in the , and sectors lifted stocks.
At the close in Brussels the price rose by 0.35%.
The best artists of the session on the were Melexis NV (EBR:), which rose 3.44% or 2.85 points to close at 85.75. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:) added 1.78% or 1.02 points to end at 58.30 and Proximus NV (EBR:) rose 0.80% or 0.06 points to 7.54 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Elia (EBR:), which fell 1.90% or 1.85 points to trade at 95.45 at the close. Sofina (EBR:) fell 1.69% or 3.80 points to end at 221.00 and Solvay SA (EBR:) fell 1.12% or 0.35 points to 30.92.
The number of falling shares outnumbered rising shares on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 49 to 43 and 12 ended unchanged.
August gold futures rose 0.72%, or 17.00, to $2,392.50 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for July delivery rose 2.04% or 1.51 to $75.58 per barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 1.45 to $79.86 per barrel. barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.18% to 0.85.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.02% to 104.21.
