Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Beverage, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BRU:UMI), which rose 0.90% or 0.34 points to trade at 37.95 at the close. Meanwhile, DIeteren SA (BRU:IETB) added 0.66% or 0.225 points to end at 34.205 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BRU:ACKB) was up 0.62% or 0.85 points to 137.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL), which fell 3.74% or 0.44 points to trade at 11.40 at the close. Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI) declined 1.64% or 1.75 points to end at 104.95 and Telenet Group (BRU:TNET) was down 1.13% or 0.59 points to 51.76.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 100 to 63 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.74% or 0.44 to 11.40.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.30 to $1113.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.09% or 0.46 to hit $42.69 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.30 to trade at $49.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1116, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.7113.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 96.59.