Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 1.62% or 0.490 points to trade at 30.650 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC (BR:KBC) added 1.59% or 0.725 points to end at 46.210 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 1.36% or 0.39 points to 29.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI), which fell 2.29% or 2.65 points to trade at 113.10 at the close. Elia (BR:ELI) declined 1.04% or 0.495 points to end at 47.310 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was down 0.59% or 0.29 points to 49.91.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 83 to 57 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.43% or 5.75 to $1334.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.17% or 0.93 to hit $41.99 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.43% or 1.10 to trade at $44.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.0989, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8379.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 97.33.