Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.74% or 2.530 points to trade at 70.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.89% or 0.12 points to end at 13.57 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 0.64% or 0.39 points to 60.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 3.27% or 1.41 points to trade at 41.65 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.90% or 2.35 points to end at 121.55 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 0.98% or 0.660 points to 67.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 40 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.53% or 6.54 to $1252.04 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.07% or 0.97 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.95% or 0.96 to trade at $48.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.84.