Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Lotus Bakeries (EBR:LOTB), which rose 2.84% or 340.00 points to trade at 12,300.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 2.19% or 0.54 points to end at 25.24 and UCB SA (EBR:UCB) was up 1.56% or 2.80 points to 182.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB), which fell 6.59% or 2.50 points to trade at 35.45 at the close. Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP) declined 3.92% or 0.84 points to end at 20.60 and Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) was down 3.30% or 0.37 points to 10.83.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 68 to 23 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.92% or 0.84 to 20.60. Shares in UCB SA (EBR:UCB) rose to all time highs; up 1.56% or 2.80 to 182.25.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.66% or 73.15 to $2,676.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $71.88 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.34 to trade at $75.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.83% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP fell 0.73% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.66% at 105.04.