Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.46% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 1.68% or 0.98 points to trade at 59.42 at the close. Meanwhile, bpost NV (BR:BPOST) added 0.58% or 0.14 points to end at 24.16 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was up 0.47% or 0.60 points to 127.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB), which fell 2.06% or 1.89 points to trade at 89.70 at the close. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) declined 1.83% or 0.70 points to end at 37.46 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was down 1.46% or 2.10 points to 141.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 71 to 44 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 4.92 to $1279.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $56.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.34 to trade at $63.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP rose 0.68% to 0.8902.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.46.