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Belgium stocks lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 0.60%

Published 08/08/2018, 12:20 PM
© Reuters.  Belgium stocks lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 0.60%
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ABI
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Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 2.14% or 0.28 points to trade at 13.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Argen-X (BR:ARGX) added 0.51% or 0.40 points to end at 78.80 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was up 0.41% or 0.17 points to 41.23 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 2.27% or 1.15 points to trade at 49.47 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.19% or 0.16 points to end at 13.33 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was down 1.16% or 1.01 points to 85.95.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 52 to 51 and 24 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1217.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.99% or 2.76 to hit $66.41 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.59% or 2.68 to trade at $71.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1599, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.9007.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.04.

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