Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 2.03% or 0.720 points to trade at 36.275 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BR:UCB) added 1.42% or 0.86 points to end at 61.59 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was up 1.01% or 1.50 points to 150.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 0.53% or 0.080 points to trade at 15.120 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 0.51% or 0.340 points to end at 66.070 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.49% or 0.16 points to 32.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 54 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.12% or 1.46 to $1266.64 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.70% or 0.35 to hit $50.15 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.29 to trade at $52.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1180, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8701.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.29.