Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which rose 2.54% or 1.01 points to trade at 41.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.31% or 0.18 points to end at 13.89 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was up 1.06% or 0.59 points to 55.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB (BR:UCB), which fell 2.19% or 1.54 points to trade at 68.86 at the close. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 2.05% or 0.42 points to end at 20.11 and Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI) was down 1.81% or 2.15 points to 116.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 74 to 73 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Umicore NV (BR:UMI) rose to all time highs; rising 1.06% or 0.59 to 55.99.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.95 to $1321.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.06% or 0.97 to hit $48.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.77% or 0.87 to trade at $50.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1249, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8655.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 95.25.