Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which rose 0.75% or 0.27 points to trade at 35.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.65% or 0.09 points to end at 13.84 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was up 0.42% or 0.45 points to 107.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB), which fell 7.75% or 10.00 points to trade at 119.00 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 3.47% or 1.660 points to end at 46.220 and Delhaize Group (BR:DELB) was down 1.33% or 1.27 points to 94.47.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 90 to 56 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 2.78% or 34.20 to $1264.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 3.59% or 1.38 to hit $39.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.36% or 0.95 to trade at $41.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.86% to 1.1322, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.7817.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.00% at 94.74.