Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 0.39% or 0.17 points to trade at 43.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 0.16% or 0.04 points to end at 27.75 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.04% or 0.01 points to 42.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 5.01% or 1.82 points to trade at 34.60 at the close. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) declined 2.62% or 1.04 points to end at 38.72 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 1.56% or 1.200 points to 75.870.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 85 to 41 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.38% or 4.80 to $1269.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.57% or 0.33 to hit $57.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.36 to trade at $64.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1877, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8861.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 92.88.