Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which rose 1.63% or 0.60 points to trade at 37.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Ageas (BR:AGES) added 0.44% or 0.180 points to end at 41.390 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 0.11% or 0.09 points to 85.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 2.12% or 1.00 points to trade at 46.08 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 1.65% or 1.12 points to end at 66.58 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 1.46% or 0.38 points to 25.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 61 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.49% or 6.60 to $1349.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.15% or 0.71 to hit $62.26 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.53 to trade at $65.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8859.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.13.