Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 2.67% or 1.09 points to trade at 41.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore NV (BR:UMI) added 0.58% or 0.35 points to end at 60.96 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was up 0.41% or 0.18 points to 44.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which fell 1.83% or 1.80 points to trade at 96.50 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 1.33% or 0.41 points to end at 30.39 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 1.29% or 0.40 points to 30.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 71 to 40 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.46 to $1215.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.64% or 0.73 to hit $45.13 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.58% or 0.74 to trade at $47.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1436, while EUR/GBP rose 0.62% to 0.8905.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.68.