Belgium Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Belgian stocks closed higher on Friday, with gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services, and Industrials sectors leading the upward trend.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 index rose 0.91% to reach a new 52-week high.

Top Performers

The best performers on the BEL 20 were:
– Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS): +5.61% or +4.23 points, trading at 79.61.
– Umicore SA (EBR:UMI): +4.74% or +0.54 points, finishing at 11.94.
– D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB): +2.77% or +5.30 points, closing at 196.90.

Bottom Performers

The worst performers included:
– UCB SA (EBR:UCB): -1.53% or -2.50 points, trading at 161.35.
– Proximus NV (EBR:PROX): -0.91% or -0.07 points, ending at 7.04.
– Sofina (EBR:SOF): -0.55% or -1.40 points, trading at 254.00.

Market Trends

On the Brussels Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 75 to 30, with 8 remaining unchanged.

Commodities Overview

• Gold Futures for December delivery fell 0.94% or 25.30 to $2,669.60 a troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for November delivery increased 0.55% or 0.37 to $68.04 a barrel.
• The December Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.27 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/USD was up by 0.17% to 1.12.
• EUR/GBP was relatively unchanged, at 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures decreased by 0.03% to 100.21.