Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 1.18% or 0.10 points to trade at 8.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Argen-X (BR:ARGX) added 0.98% or 0.90 points to end at 92.70 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.71% or 0.16 points to 22.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 2.60% or 0.93 points to trade at 34.85 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 2.51% or 0.65 points to end at 25.21 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 1.14% or 1.060 points to 91.820.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 51 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1282.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.63% or 1.42 to hit $52.62 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.68% or 1.68 to trade at $61.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.00% to 1.1364, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.8767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.928.