Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 2.46% or 0.18 points to trade at 7.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 2.41% or 0.84 points to end at 35.70 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 1.67% or 0.39 points to 23.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 5.53% or 5.080 points to trade at 86.780 at the close. Argen-X (BR:ARGX) declined 3.84% or 3.50 points to end at 87.60 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was down 2.12% or 3.60 points to 166.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 68 to 40 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.05% or 0.65 to $1252.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 4.92% or 2.47 to hit $47.73 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.74% or 2.23 to trade at $57.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1368, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8986.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.488.