Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 0.81% or 0.11 points to trade at 13.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 0.37% or 0.08 points to end at 21.80 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.36% or 0.16 points to 45.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 3.49% or 0.64 points to trade at 17.72 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 3.14% or 1.22 points to end at 37.61 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 2.34% or 0.59 points to 24.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 69 to 56 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in bpost NV (BR:BPOST) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.49% or 0.64 to 17.72. Shares in Aperam SA (AS:APAM) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.14% or 1.22 to 37.61.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.79% or 10.70 to $1336.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.59% or 0.37 to hit $63.38 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.34 to trade at $67.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.2261, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.86.