Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 2.24% or 0.38 points to trade at 17.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.22% or 0.14 points to end at 12.05 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 0.88% or 0.64 points to 73.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET), which fell 5.38% or 2.46 points to trade at 43.30 at the close. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) declined 2.50% or 1.08 points to end at 42.16 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was down 2.48% or 0.33 points to 12.98.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 61 to 44 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1231.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.35% or 0.22 to hit $63.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.36 to trade at $73.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1394, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.24.