Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 0.58% or 0.410 points to trade at 71.540 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 0.57% or 0.21 points to end at 38.15 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was up 0.47% or 0.60 points to 126.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 3.33% or 1.31 points to trade at 38.19 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 1.43% or 0.39 points to end at 26.59 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was down 1.39% or 0.62 points to 44.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 67 to 45 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.84% or 10.78 to $1276.72 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.98% or 0.56 to hit $56.61 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.53 to trade at $63.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8830.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.32.