Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB), which rose 2.32% or 0.89 points to trade at 39.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (EBR:PROX) added 1.81% or 0.12 points to end at 6.74 and Aedifica (EBR:AOO) was up 1.18% or 0.75 points to 64.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC Groep NV (EBR:KBC), which fell 1.33% or 0.92 points to trade at 68.46 at the close. UCB SA (EBR:UCB) declined 1.21% or 2.10 points to end at 171.20 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI) was down 0.93% or 0.56 points to 59.92.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 49 to 45 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) rose to all time highs; rising 2.32% or 0.89 to 39.32.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 4.90 to $2,683.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.30% or 0.21 to hit $70.37 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $74.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.40% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 103.28.