Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 1.81% or 0.38 points to trade at 21.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 1.38% or 0.55 points to end at 40.45 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.51% or 0.13 points to 25.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 5.88% or 4.880 points to trade at 78.120 at the close. Sofina (BR:SOF) declined 1.40% or 2.00 points to end at 141.20 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) was down 1.16% or 0.49 points to 41.67.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 51 to 49 and 29 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.27% or 3.60 to $1351.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.44% or 0.97 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 0.98 to trade at $71.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.2374, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8637.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 89.19.