Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.23% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 0.31% or 0.08 points to trade at 25.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) fell 0.14% or 0.07 points to end at 48.55 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was down 0.24% or 0.25 points to 105.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 2.75% or 1.520 points to trade at 53.800 at the close. Ageas (BR:AGES) declined 2.28% or 0.745 points to end at 31.995 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was down 2.12% or 1.03 points to 47.77.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 109 to 37 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.55% or 20.00 to $1308.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.24% or 1.51 to hit $45.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.22% or 1.55 to trade at $46.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.1116, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.9030.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 97.23.