Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 2.18% or 0.91 points to trade at 42.50 at the close. Meanwhile, bpost NV (BR:BPOST) added 0.60% or 0.14 points to end at 23.57 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was up 0.23% or 0.25 points to 107.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 1.21% or 0.185 points to trade at 15.080 at the close. Umicore NV (BR:UMI) declined 1.18% or 0.76 points to end at 63.42 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 0.93% or 0.650 points to 69.220.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 44 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.35 to $1295.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.83% or 0.89 to hit $47.77 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.88% or 0.99 to trade at $51.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1814, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.9158.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 93.01.