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 rose 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the were Umicore SA (EBR:), which rose 3.43% or 0.48 points to trade at 14.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Ageas (EBR:) added 1.64% or 0.70 points to end at 43.36 and Galapagos NV (AS:) was up 1.17% or 0.28 points to 24.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aedifica (EBR:), which fell 2.18% or 1.25 points to trade at 56.00 at the close. Cofinimmo SA (EBR:) declined 1.73% or 1.00 points to end at 56.95 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:) was down 1.49% or 0.38 points to 25.14.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 58 to 29 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.90 to $2,345.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $80.61 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $85.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.82.
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