Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.73% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which rose 0.38% or 0.40 points to trade at 104.85 at the close. Meanwhile, NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) added 0.33% or 0.13 points to end at 39.92 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.26% or 0.03 points to 11.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC (BR:KBC), which fell 1.71% or 1.020 points to trade at 58.690 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.65% or 1.030 points to end at 61.480 and Elia (BR:ELI) was down 1.58% or 0.750 points to 46.625.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 65 to 43 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.97% or 11.70 to $1216.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.00% or 0.53 to hit $52.69 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.33 to trade at $55.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.0734, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.8600.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 100.26.