Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.37%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Syensqo SA (EBR: SYENS ), which rose 3.36% or 2.40 points to trade at 73.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR: ABI ) added 2.71% or 1.23 points to end at 46.67 and Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR: AZE ) was up 2.67% or 0.51 points to 19.59 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were UCB SA (EBR: UCB ), which fell 4.60% or 8.80 points to trade at 182.50 at the close. Argen-X (EBR: ARGX ) declined 0.50% or 3.20 points to end at 637.80 and KBC Groep NV (EBR: KBC ) was down 0.25% or 0.18 points to 73.16.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 50 to 42 and 11 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.23% or 6.21 to $2,757.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.15% or 0.12 to hit $77.73 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $81.22 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.40% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 109.11.