(ABM FN) The Bel20 index opened higher on Friday at 3,862.51 points, after closing on Thursday at 3,857.94 points.
On Friday, several Belgian heavyweights reported on the first quarter, but there were of course also the figures from the American technology giants.
Cofinimmo sowed discord with its quarterly update. The price opened about one and a half percent lower, but recovered in the first half hour of trading.
Umicore was able to show a profit of more than one percent after the trading update.
With a gain of more than 2 percent, Sofina was the strongest riser within the main index. Lotus Bakeries, Argenx and UCB fell 0.3 percent and were the only losers in the star index.
Proximus made an impression with the quarterly report. The telecom share traded up almost 5 percent. Xior was rewarded for better than expected figures with a 4.4 percent higher share price.
Bpost has reached an agreement with the Flemish newspaper publishers on newspaper distribution after June 30, 2024 and that message was well received at the fair. The share price posted a gain of more than 2 percent in the opening.
Among the small caps, QRF gained approximately 2.5 percent on the quarterly report. Roularta became 3.4 percent more expensive, but Biotalys lost 1.6 percent.
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