Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which rose 1.46% or 0.53 points to trade at 36.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 0.27% or 0.07 points to end at 27.58 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was up 0.24% or 0.14 points to 58.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 1.84% or 0.47 points to trade at 25.39 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.87% or 0.24 points to end at 27.35 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) was down 0.80% or 0.32 points to 39.46.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 55 to 55 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.77% or 10.00 to $1307.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.92% or 0.55 to hit $60.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.72 to trade at $66.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.2022, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8884.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 91.82.