Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 1.16% or 0.33 points to trade at 28.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 0.57% or 0.26 points to end at 44.88 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was up 0.45% or 0.26 points to 57.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 1.90% or 0.75 points to trade at 38.62 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 1.44% or 1.40 points to end at 95.64 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 1.23% or 0.850 points to 68.430.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 84 to 36 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.44% or 1.40 to 95.64.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.13% or 1.70 to $1266.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.41% or 1.39 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.04% or 1.28 to trade at $61.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1788, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8818.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 93.60.