Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 1.09% or 0.48 points to trade at 44.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.74% or 0.10 points to end at 14.39 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was up 0.19% or 0.20 points to 107.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 1.62% or 1.370 points to trade at 83.250 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 1.21% or 0.860 points to end at 70.120 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was down 0.78% or 0.19 points to 24.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 54 to 52 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.65 to $1299.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.55 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.23 to trade at $56.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1955, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 91.90.