Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.37% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 0.58% or 0.30 points to trade at 51.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) added 0.44% or 0.45 points to end at 103.85 and Elia (BR:ELI) was up 0.36% or 0.165 points to 46.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which fell 1.79% or 1.75 points to trade at 96.15 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.17% or 0.710 points to end at 59.950 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 1.14% or 1.25 points to 108.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 52 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.34% or 16.00 to $1212.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.50% or 0.79 to hit $53.42 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.72% or 0.95 to trade at $56.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.81% to 1.0782, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8573.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.75% at 99.67.