Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 5.15% or 2.18 points to trade at 44.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 0.70% or 0.36 points to end at 51.88 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was up 0.46% or 0.50 points to 108.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 3.12% or 1.18 points to trade at 36.70 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) declined 2.19% or 0.28 points to end at 12.50 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 1.67% or 1.80 points to 106.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 73 to 42 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.70% or 0.36 to 51.88. Shares in bpost NV (BR:BPOST) fell to all time lows; losing 2.19% or 0.28 to 12.50.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.68% or 8.50 to $1246.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.32% or 1.72 to hit $72.39 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.14% or 2.48 to trade at $76.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1716, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 94.13.