Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 1.49% or 0.40 points to trade at 27.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.21% or 0.17 points to end at 14.66 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 0.86% or 0.58 points to 68.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 2.85% or 1.29 points to trade at 43.97 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 2.27% or 1.04 points to end at 44.76 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 0.59% or 0.540 points to 91.720.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 72 to 47 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in bpost NV (BR:BPOST) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.49% or 0.40 to 27.20.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.05% or 0.70 to $1334.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.93% or 0.60 to hit $63.70 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.48% or 1.04 to trade at $69.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.2238, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8884.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 90.39.