Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 1.39% or 0.85 points to trade at 61.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.28% or 1.180 points to end at 93.240 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 1.11% or 0.30 points to 27.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 1.81% or 0.302 points to trade at 16.364 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 1.50% or 0.69 points to end at 45.41 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was down 0.99% or 0.93 points to 93.21.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 65 to 51 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telenet Group (BR:TNET) rose to all time highs; up 1.39% or 0.85 to 61.85. Shares in Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.28% or 1.180 to 93.240.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.44% or 5.90 to $1337.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.15% or 0.73 to hit $64.30 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.69 to trade at $69.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.2288, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.98.