Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Pharma & Bio-technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 4.30% or 2.56 points to trade at 62.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 2.52% or 0.52 points to end at 21.18 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 1.11% or 0.28 points to 25.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which fell 5.76% or 2.91 points to trade at 47.64 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 1.85% or 1.59 points to end at 84.19 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was down 0.12% or 0.016 points to 13.882.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 64 to 47 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telenet Group (BR:TNET) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.76% or 2.91 to 47.64.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.42% or 5.50 to $1323.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $68.06 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $74.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.2107, while EUR/GBP rose 1.02% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 91.45.