Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.38% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 0.73% or 0.320 points to trade at 44.030 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC (BR:KBC) added 0.43% or 0.280 points to end at 66.160 and Argen-X (BR:ARGX) was up 0.25% or 0.20 points to 79.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which fell 4.23% or 1.70 points to trade at 38.48 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) declined 2.59% or 0.39 points to end at 14.66 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 1.77% or 1.500 points to 83.380.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 89 to 30 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telenet Group (BR:TNET) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.23% or 1.70 to 38.48.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.15% or 1.90 to $1278.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.84% or 1.21 to hit $64.48 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.59 to trade at $74.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1573, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 94.72.