Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food Producers, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BRU:COFB), which rose 0.18% or 0.20 points to trade at 110.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI) fell 0.13% or 0.15 points to end at 111.55 and Belgacom (BRU:BCOM) was down 0.17% or 0.06 points to 32.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BRU:GBLB), which fell 2.17% or 1.69 points to trade at 76.17 at the close. Bekaert (D) (BRU:BEKB) declined 2.15% or 0.56 points to end at 25.70 and Elia (BRU:ELI) was down 2.02% or 0.805 points to 39.020.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 140 to 29 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.68% or 8.10 to $1205.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.92% or 1.93 to hit $51.14 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 4.70% or 2.65 to trade at $59.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.0898, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.7338.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 97.48.