Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 1.11% or 0.48 points to trade at 44.03 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 0.71% or 0.080 points to end at 11.390 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 0.62% or 0.14 points to 23.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which fell 2.12% or 0.47 points to trade at 21.52 at the close. Umicore NV (BR:UMI) declined 1.87% or 1.03 points to end at 53.91 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 1.21% or 0.40 points to 32.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 69 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.61% or 8.25 to $1340.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.74% or 1.70 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.44% or 1.65 to trade at $49.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1251, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8462.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.06.