Stock market update: Brussels lights up green
(ABM FN) The Brussels stock market rippled quietly higher on Thursday afternoon. At around two o’clock, the Bel20 rose 0.3 percent to 4,253.90 points.
In the main index, KBC took the lead with a price gain of 1.4 percent. The bank according to Kepler Cheuvreux favorable news from the Czech Republic, where the central bank raised interest rates again.
Argenx delivered or 0.9 percent.
In the BelMidden, the Barco share was up 4.9 percent, recovering somewhat from Wednesday’s pandoering on a profit warning.
IBA, which announced another new contract in the US, also won a nice 4.3 percent.
Kinepolis has the last of the new corona measures in Belgium. Cinemas and theaters must keep their doors closed until the end of January. According to Kepler Cheuvreux, about 25 percent of all screens operated by Kinepolis have been closed due to the measures in the Netherlands and their own country. The stock lost 1.5 percent.
In the BelSmall, Roularta rose 5.7 percent. Nyxoah fell 4.3 percent.
Source: ABM Financial News
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