Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 0.15% or 0.060 points to trade at 39.575 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 0.05% or 0.01 points to end at 29.66 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was up 0.02% or 0.01 points to 40.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which fell 1.70% or 1.11 points to trade at 64.18 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 1.41% or 0.41 points to end at 28.95 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was down 1.36% or 1.37 points to 99.08.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 65 to 40 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.01 to $1294.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.65% or 1.25 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.94% or 1.50 to trade at $52.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1747, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.9136.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 93.43.