Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (BR:ARGX), which rose 2.42% or 2.10 points to trade at 88.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET) added 2.07% or 0.84 points to end at 41.44 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 1.22% or 0.70 points to 58.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 3.10% or 0.24 points to trade at 7.66 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 2.47% or 2.16 points to end at 85.12 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was down 1.81% or 0.41 points to 22.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 48 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.47% or 2.16 to 85.12.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.61% or 7.80 to $1291.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.41% or 0.19 to hit $46.73 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.42 to trade at $55.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1400, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.9027.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 95.868.