Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 2.64% or 0.67 points to trade at 26.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 1.84% or 0.94 points to end at 52.02 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.99% or 0.12 points to 12.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC (BR:KBC), which fell 2.25% or 1.370 points to trade at 59.530 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) declined 0.88% or 0.120 points to end at 13.480 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was down 0.65% or 0.245 points to 37.205.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 58 to 49 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.44% or 5.05 to $1142.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $53.03 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.15 to trade at $55.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.0445, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8413.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 102.73.