Thursday saw the BEL 20 index rise by 1.01% to 4,174.66 points, reflecting a positive trend on both sides of the Atlantic.
Fifteen of the index’s constituents were up, with Syensqo (73.58) and arGEN-X (474.10) leading at 3.08% and 2.53% respectively. On the other hand, real estate firms Aedifica (60.60) and Cofinimmo (61.15) reported declines of 2.34% and 2.39%, while WDP (23.86) dropped 2.05%.
Galapagos (26.84) and UCB (164.15) recorded gains of 1.21% and 1.33%. Solvay (31.08) settled for a modest increase of 0.48%, but Elia (97.15) declined by 0.56%, and Ageas (46.14) lost 0.22%.
KBC (70.42) was up by 1.32%, while AB InBev (55.52) and Lotus Bakeries (11.200) climbed by 0.47% and 1.82% respectively.
Melexis (80.90) and Umicore (11.40) progressed by 2.02% and 1.24%; D’Ieteren (218.00) and Ackermans (172.60) were up by 1.87% and 0.70%, and Azelis (19.10) grew by 0.84%.
Outside of the BEL 20, IBA (12.20) registered a surge of over 4%, before finally settling at a 2.2% rise. Similarly, DEME (159.60) surged by over 6%, before a final drop of 3.1%, similar to the 3.3% loss by CFE (7.20).
Losses over 2% were incurred by Xior (32.45), Care Property Invest (14.38) and Montea (79.00). However, Cenergy (10.06) and Tubize (118.80) each climbed 2%.
In the closing figures, Celyad (0.256) and Sequana Medical (0.952) were down by 1.1% and 2% respectively, while Fagron (19.12) saw a positive growth of 1.4%.
By 4.30 p.m., the Euro was valued at $1.1065, down from $1.1130 the previous day. The ingot of gold was trading at around €73,190, an increase of €765.
