Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.57% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 1.28% or 0.77 points to trade at 61.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Sofina (BR:SOF) added 0.82% or 1.05 points to end at 128.60 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.77% or 0.34 points to 44.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 1.58% or 0.60 points to trade at 37.67 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 1.26% or 1.25 points to end at 97.65 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was down 1.19% or 0.185 points to 15.345.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 60 to 57 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.39 to $1279.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.06% or 1.17 to hit $55.59 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.92% or 1.21 to trade at $61.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.83% to 1.1764, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.8949.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 93.91.