Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI), which rose 0.87% or 0.82 points to trade at 94.58 at the close. Meanwhile, bpost NV (BR:BPOST) added 0.45% or 0.10 points to end at 21.21 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.29% or 0.14 points to 47.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB), which fell 1.81% or 1.39 points to trade at 75.60 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) declined 1.51% or 0.195 points to end at 12.765 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 1.30% or 0.750 points to 57.040.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 89 to 55 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.74% or 8.65 to $1178.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.47% or 0.24 to hit $51.30 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $54.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0672, while EUR/GBP fell 0.60% to 0.8417.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 100.81.