Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 2.59% or 0.38 points to trade at 15.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Ageas (BR:AGES) added 0.67% or 0.290 points to end at 43.710 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.53% or 0.24 points to 45.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 4.81% or 0.67 points to trade at 13.25 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 3.79% or 0.82 points to end at 20.82 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was down 1.90% or 1.61 points to 82.98.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 73 to 38 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.50 to $1281.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $65.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.36% or 1.00 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1608, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.48.