Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Industrials 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 Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which rose 2.43% or 1.61 points to trade at 68.00 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC (BR:KBC) added 1.93% or 1.180 points to end at 62.300 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 1.33% or 0.74 points to 56.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 3.19% or 0.86 points to trade at 26.13 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 2.72% or 0.34 points to end at 12.16 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was down 2.27% or 0.254 points to 10.936.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 68 to 40 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aperam SA (AS:APAM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.19% or 0.86 to 26.13. Shares in Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) rose to all time highs; rising 1.33% or 0.74 to 56.24.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.23% or 14.80 to $1214.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.94% or 0.53 to hit $56.78 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.79 to trade at $66.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1317, while EUR/GBP rose 1.93% to 0.8872.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 97.00.