Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 1.79% or 0.73 points to trade at 41.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Sofina (BR:SOF) added 1.23% or 1.80 points to end at 148.00 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was up 0.47% or 0.060 points to 12.704 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 1.58% or 0.24 points to trade at 14.93 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 1.28% or 1.04 points to end at 80.50 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was down 1.00% or 0.440 points to 43.670.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 54 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.10 to $1303.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.34% or 0.88 to hit $64.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.44 to trade at $74.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1771, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8777.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.58.