Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR), which rose 2.50% or 1.12 points to trade at 46.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.06% or 0.700 points to end at 66.860 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 0.99% or 0.650 points to 66.410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 1.38% or 0.18 points to trade at 13.21 at the close. Telenet Group (BR:TNET) declined 0.99% or 0.55 points to end at 55.15 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was down 0.88% or 0.86 points to 96.71.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 48 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.33 to $1243.47 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.29% or 0.58 to hit $45.51 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.53 to trade at $48.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1410, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8775.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 95.49.