Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which rose 0.51% or 0.55 points to trade at 109.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 0.47% or 0.21 points to end at 45.70 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was up 0.11% or 0.06 points to 52.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 1.49% or 0.68 points to trade at 44.73 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 1.05% or 1.10 points to end at 103.30 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was down 0.86% or 0.315 points to 36.180.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 71 to 40 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.44% or 18.10 to $1272.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $52.97 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.23 to trade at $55.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0612, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.62.