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 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 0.61% or 0.195 points to trade at 32.310 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) fell 0.07% or 0.035 points to end at 49.645 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 0.18% or 0.100 points to 53.970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which fell 3.00% or 0.65 points to trade at 20.87 at the close. Umicore NV (BR:UMI) declined 2.63% or 1.42 points to end at 52.49 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was down 2.34% or 2.65 points to 110.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 112 to 27 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.44% or 5.85 to $1335.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.96% or 1.41 to hit $46.21 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.24% or 1.62 to trade at $48.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1207, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8454.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 95.50.