Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 4.50% or 1.465 points to trade at 34.025 at the close. Meanwhile, NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) added 2.04% or 0.82 points to end at 41.05 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was up 1.66% or 0.79 points to 48.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 8.14% or 1.90 points to trade at 21.39 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 7.65% or 0.97 points to end at 11.78 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was down 4.09% or 1.97 points to 46.08.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 72 to 70 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) fell to all time lows; falling 7.65% or 0.97 to 11.78.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.53% or 6.80 to $1266.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.39% or 0.63 to hit $44.64 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.54 to trade at $45.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.0883, while EUR/GBP fell 1.21% to 0.8688.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 98.84.