Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which rose 0.64% or 0.65 points to trade at 102.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Sofina (BR:SOF) added 0.51% or 0.65 points to end at 128.50 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 0.26% or 0.09 points to 32.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 2.93% or 2.130 points to trade at 70.660 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 2.34% or 1.08 points to end at 45.34 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 1.68% or 0.53 points to 30.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 52 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1245.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.59% or 1.15 to hit $43.28 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.28% or 1.07 to trade at $45.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1123, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.8816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.49.