Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 1.89% or 0.53 points to trade at 28.38 at the close. Meanwhile, NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) added 1.54% or 0.64 points to end at 41.80 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 0.10% or 0.03 points to 28.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which fell 2.40% or 2.75 points to trade at 111.95 at the close. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) declined 1.62% or 1.31 points to end at 79.49 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 1.49% or 0.860 points to 57.020.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 60 to 51 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.53% or 6.65 to $1258.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.73% or 0.40 to hit $54.05 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.46 to trade at $56.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.0592, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8478.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.89.