Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media, Industrial Engineering and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (BR:ARGX), which rose 1.64% or 1.40 points to trade at 86.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Cofinimmo SA (BR:COFB) added 0.46% or 0.50 points to end at 109.00 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.12% or 0.01 points to 12.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 3.35% or 0.60 points to trade at 17.30 at the close. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) declined 2.18% or 0.76 points to end at 34.10 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was down 1.91% or 0.44 points to 22.61.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 53 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Umicore SA (BR:UMI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.18% or 0.76 to 34.10.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.55% or 7.00 to $1288.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.40% or 2.00 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.98% or 2.14 to trade at $55.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.99% to 1.1348, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.9008.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 96.393.