Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which fell 0.09% or 0.10 points to trade at 109.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) fell 0.10% or 0.10 points to end at 103.15 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.14% or 0.04 points to 29.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 2.70% or 0.35 points to trade at 12.81 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 2.34% or 1.10 points to end at 45.88 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 2.16% or 0.66 points to 29.84.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 85 to 28 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1291.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.72% or 0.38 to hit $52.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.60 to trade at $54.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.0699, while EUR/GBP fell 0.99% to 0.8385.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 99.69.