Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 6.69% or 1.74 points to trade at 27.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (EBR:PROX) added 1.27% or 0.09 points to end at 6.78 and Ageas (EBR:AGES) was up 0.25% or 0.12 points to 48.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP), which fell 1.76% or 0.42 points to trade at 23.38 at the close. Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) declined 1.57% or 0.59 points to end at 36.92 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI) was down 1.36% or 0.82 points to 59.38.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 30 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 3.20 to $2,664.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.36% or 2.50 to hit $76.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.20% or 2.50 to trade at $80.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.36% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 102.24.