Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 3.44% or 3.90 points to trade at 117.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 0.82% or 0.33 points to end at 40.38 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was up 0.66% or 0.086 points to 13.102 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 5.91% or 3.14 points to trade at 50.00 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 2.06% or 0.44 points to end at 20.93 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 1.85% or 1.780 points to 94.220.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 55 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.15% or 1.80 to $1223.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.53% or 1.07 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.69 to trade at $74.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1702, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.29.