Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the gained 2.82%.
The best performers of the session on the were Galapagos NV (AS:), which rose 4.68% or 1.08 points to trade at 24.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Argen-X (EBR:) added 4.24% or 19.00 points to end at 467.00 and UCB SA (EBR:) was up 3.33% or 4.90 points to 152.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Proximus NV (EBR:), which fell 0.40% or 0.03 points to trade at 6.25 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:) added 1.20% or 0.66 points to end at 55.80 and Aperam SA (AS:) was up 1.27% or 0.32 points to 25.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 84 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Proximus NV (EBR:) fell to all time lows; falling 0.40% or 0.03 to 6.25.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 4.35 to $2,435.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.10% or 2.27 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.71% or 2.07 to trade at $78.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 103.00.
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