Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR), which rose 1.01% or 0.46 points to trade at 45.49 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BR:UCB) added 0.76% or 0.54 points to end at 71.34 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 0.49% or 0.370 points to 76.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam (AS:APAM), which fell 3.11% or 1.48 points to trade at 46.16 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 1.58% or 0.73 points to end at 45.87 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 1.48% or 1.65 points to 109.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 68 to 41 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) rose to all time highs; up 0.49% or 0.370 to 76.500.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.44% or 5.55 to $1254.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.71% or 0.34 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.07 to trade at $50.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.71% to 1.0875, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 98.93.