Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 0.70% or 0.21 points to trade at 30.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 0.42% or 0.20 points to end at 48.04 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 0.35% or 0.27 points to 78.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 4.04% or 3.280 points to trade at 77.960 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) declined 2.73% or 0.420 points to end at 14.990 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was down 2.18% or 3.40 points to 152.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 77 to 37 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Proximus NV (BR:PROX) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.70% or 0.21 to 30.98. Shares in UCB (BR:UCB) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.35% or 0.27 to 78.25.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.71% or 21.09 to $1257.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.19% or 0.58 to hit $49.24 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.72 to trade at $52.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1140, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8603.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 97.52.