Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 1.16% or 0.75 points to trade at 65.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.85% or 0.12 points to end at 14.20 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 0.40% or 0.300 points to 75.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC (BR:KBC), which fell 1.12% or 0.790 points to trade at 69.880 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) declined 1.10% or 0.170 points to end at 15.280 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was down 0.90% or 0.52 points to 57.29.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 44 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 8.62 to $1291.52 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.28% or 0.13 to hit $46.91 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.45 to trade at $50.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1744, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.9113.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.52.