Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Sofina (BR:SOF), which rose 1.10% or 1.60 points to trade at 147.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 0.48% or 0.24 points to end at 49.86 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 0.47% or 0.10 points to 21.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB (BR:UCB), which fell 0.41% or 0.26 points to trade at 63.00 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) declined 0.18% or 0.024 points to end at 13.388 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.08% or 0.02 points to 24.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 52 to 45 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.18% or 0.024 to 13.388. Shares in Proximus NV (BR:PROX) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.08% or 0.02 to 24.23.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1322.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.52% or 0.37 to hit $70.99 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.16 to trade at $77.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1959, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 92.31.