Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Elia (BR:ELI), which rose 2.64% or 1.255 points to trade at 48.795 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.70% or 0.990 points to end at 59.390 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was up 0.59% or 0.31 points to 53.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which fell 0.76% or 0.20 points to trade at 26.82 at the close. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 0.66% or 0.13 points to end at 19.69 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was down 0.65% or 0.245 points to 37.685.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 64 to 50 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telenet Group (BR:TNET) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.59% or 0.31 to 53.09.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.01% or 0.15 to $1133.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.79% or 0.42 to hit $52.88 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.49 to trade at $54.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.0433, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.8454.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 102.99.