Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, 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 Lotus Bakeries (EBR:LOTB), which rose 1.82% or 220.00 points to trade at 12,280.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Elia (EBR:ELI) added 1.76% or 1.50 points to end at 86.80 and UCB SA (EBR:UCB) was up 1.60% or 2.90 points to 184.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (EBR:UMI), which fell 5.07% or 0.57 points to trade at 10.68 at the close. Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) declined 3.90% or 3.14 points to end at 77.38 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 1.64% or 0.42 points to 25.12.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 54 to 39 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in UCB SA (EBR:UCB) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.60% or 2.90 to 184.40.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 13.10 to $2,692.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.87% or 2.08 to hit $70.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.51% or 1.90 to trade at $73.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.93% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 105.00.