Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 1.68% or 0.575 points to trade at 34.875 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 1.09% or 0.98 points to end at 90.57 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was up 1.04% or 0.40 points to 38.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which fell 2.96% or 1.35 points to trade at 44.44 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.20% or 0.17 points to end at 14.41 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was down 1.13% or 0.51 points to 44.49.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 77 to 66 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.24% or 15.45 to $1265.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.51% or 0.23 to hit $45.56 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.30 to trade at $47.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.7769.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 93.89.