Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 1.68% or 1.21 points to trade at 73.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 0.93% or 0.95 points to end at 102.75 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was up 0.88% or 1.30 points to 149.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which fell 1.03% or 0.30 points to trade at 28.71 at the close. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) declined 0.72% or 0.32 points to end at 44.35 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was down 0.70% or 0.110 points to 15.585.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 61 to 55 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Umicore NV (BR:UMI) rose to all time highs; up 1.68% or 1.21 to 73.36.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.22 to $1275.68 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $50.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $55.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1763, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8860.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.29.