Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 1.71% or 0.615 points to trade at 36.480 at the close. Meanwhile, Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) added 1.13% or 1.65 points to end at 148.00 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 0.91% or 0.77 points to 85.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 1.27% or 0.850 points to trade at 66.050 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.16% or 1.40 points to end at 118.80 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 0.99% or 0.30 points to 30.38.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 61 to 54 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.39% or 4.81 to $1224.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $47.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $49.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1345, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.01.