Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials 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 1.15% or 0.33 points to trade at 29.08 at the close. Meanwhile, bpost NV (BR:BPOST) added 1.10% or 0.26 points to end at 23.38 and Elia (BR:ELI) was up 0.65% or 0.315 points to 48.810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 1.76% or 0.74 points to trade at 41.51 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.07% or 1.25 points to end at 115.10 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was down 0.59% or 0.30 points to 50.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 46 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.45% or 5.55 to $1233.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.44% or 0.78 to hit $53.55 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.85 to trade at $55.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.0561, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.36.