Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 1.63% or 1.370 points to trade at 85.380 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 0.83% or 0.125 points to end at 15.275 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 0.66% or 0.460 points to 70.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 2.15% or 1.00 points to trade at 45.43 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 1.60% or 0.67 points to end at 40.93 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 1.45% or 0.21 points to 14.61.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 54 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) rose to all time highs; up 1.63% or 1.370 to 85.380.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.46% or 6.11 to $1326.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.56% or 0.75 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 0.61 to trade at $54.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1894, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.9002.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 92.40.