Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 1.12% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which rose 1.29% or 0.56 points to trade at 44.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 0.80% or 0.36 points to end at 45.32 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 0.32% or 0.210 points to 65.760 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 3.06% or 0.98 points to trade at 31.24 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 2.67% or 2.68 points to end at 97.57 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 2.29% or 1.41 points to 60.08.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 88 to 33 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.40% or 4.98 to $1244.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.65% or 0.29 to hit $45.03 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.20 to trade at $47.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1421, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8796.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 95.47.