Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 0.89% or 0.390 points to trade at 44.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 0.55% or 0.47 points to end at 85.07 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was up 0.37% or 0.20 points to 53.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 1.70% or 1.340 points to trade at 77.300 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 1.64% or 0.43 points to end at 25.85 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was down 1.08% or 0.20 points to 18.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 74 to 43 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ageas (BR:AGES) rose to 5-year highs; up 0.89% or 0.390 to 44.250.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.65% or 8.60 to $1332.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $68.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $74.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2233, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 90.56.