Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were GDF Suez SA (PARIS:GSZ), which rose 2.24% or 0.37 points to trade at 16.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (BRU:PROX) added 1.94% or 0.66 points to end at 34.34 and Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI) was up 1.02% or 1.15 points to 113.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB), which fell 2.97% or 3.80 points to trade at 124.20 at the close. KBC (BRU:KBC) declined 1.38% or 0.870 points to end at 62.140 and Delhaize Group (BRU:DELB) was down 1.26% or 1.00 points to 78.31.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 98 to 70 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.30 to $1094.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.13% or 1.02 to hit $49.00 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.41 to trade at $53.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1020, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.7056.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 96.99.