Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.10% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 3.23% or 1.410 points to trade at 45.070 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.31% or 1.220 points to end at 94.400 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 1.28% or 1.15 points to 91.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which fell 4.26% or 1.68 points to trade at 37.80 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 1.24% or 0.820 points to end at 65.400 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 1.18% or 1.30 points to 109.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 55 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telenet Group (BR:TNET) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.26% or 1.68 to 37.80.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.31% or 3.80 to $1229.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.34% or 0.92 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.64 to trade at $74.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1681, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8884.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.31.