Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 0.91% or 0.770 points to trade at 85.090 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.73% or 0.10 points to end at 14.44 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was up 0.72% or 0.49 points to 68.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which fell 1.83% or 1.84 points to trade at 98.61 at the close. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) declined 1.72% or 0.80 points to end at 45.76 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 1.10% or 1.40 points to 125.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 60 to 48 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.47% or 6.21 to $1316.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.80% or 0.90 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.03% or 1.12 to trade at $56.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.2003, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.50.