Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which rose 3.33% or 3.70 points to trade at 114.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) added 1.75% or 2.00 points to end at 116.30 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.73% or 0.840 points to 49.340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC (BR:KBC), which fell 1.25% or 0.680 points to trade at 53.870 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) declined 1.18% or 0.135 points to end at 11.300 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was down 1.09% or 0.47 points to 42.93.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 80 to 63 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.33% or 3.70 to 114.65.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.51% or 20.05 to $1346.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.16% or 0.07 to hit $44.37 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.62% or 0.77 to trade at $46.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.83% to 1.1240, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8367.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.87% at 94.91.