Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials , Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.13%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB SA (EBR: UCB ), which rose 4.67% or 6.55 points to trade at 146.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Melexis NV (EBR: MLXS ) added 4.43% or 2.15 points to end at 50.65 and D’Ieteren NV (EBR: IETB ) was up 2.61% or 4.30 points to 169.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Elia (EBR: ELI ), which fell 2.83% or 2.55 points to trade at 87.45 at the close. Aedifica (EBR: AOO ) declined 1.17% or 0.80 points to end at 67.60 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR: WDPP ) was down 1.17% or 0.26 points to 21.92.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 69 to 19 and 18 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.55% or 121.30 to $3,298.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.73% or 1.74 to hit $61.93 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.51% or 1.69 to trade at $65.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 99.41.