Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.61% or 1.880 points to trade at 53.890 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 3.00% or 1.30 points to end at 44.78 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.94% or 0.25 points to 26.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ageas (BR:AGES), which fell 1.72% or 0.540 points to trade at 30.775 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 1.14% or 0.600 points to end at 52.190 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 1.13% or 0.15 points to 13.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 72 to 71 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.53% or 7.05 to $1310.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.94% or 0.85 to hit $43.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 0.66 to trade at $45.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.76% to 1.1158, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8531.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.75% at 95.99.