Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 1.34% or 0.56 points to trade at 42.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 0.76% or 0.43 points to end at 57.08 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 0.33% or 0.40 points to 121.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 2.26% or 1.05 points to trade at 45.29 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.07% or 0.750 points to end at 69.470 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was down 0.87% or 0.41 points to 45.89.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 64 to 47 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.83 to $1254.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.25% or 0.57 to hit $46.34 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.55 to trade at $48.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1633, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8934.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.91.