Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which rose 1.44% or 0.66 points to trade at 46.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Sofina (BR:SOF) added 0.88% or 1.15 points to end at 131.75 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 0.85% or 0.18 points to 22.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which fell 1.66% or 0.94 points to trade at 55.76 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 1.38% or 1.00 points to end at 71.56 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was down 0.82% or 0.73 points to 88.01.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 49 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.16% or 1.98 to $1267.88 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $51.79 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.0892, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8415.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 98.93.