Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were D’Ieteren NV (EBR: IETB ), which rose 2.43% or 3.90 points to trade at 164.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Argen-X (EBR: ARGX ) added 1.55% or 9.20 points to end at 604.60 and Aedifica (EBR: AOO ) was up 1.35% or 0.75 points to 56.25 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were UCB SA (EBR: UCB ), which fell 1.17% or 2.25 points to trade at 189.40 at the close. Umicore SA (EBR: UMI ) declined 0.69% or 0.07 points to end at 10.10 and Elia (EBR: ELI ) was down 0.07% or 0.05 points to 73.90.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.50% or 13.11 to $2,648.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $69.96 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $73.06 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.44% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 107.87.