Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 0.95% or 0.13 points to trade at 13.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) added 0.29% or 0.30 points to end at 105.40 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.28% or 0.07 points to 24.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 3.81% or 3.040 points to trade at 76.780 at the close. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) declined 3.42% or 1.47 points to end at 41.50 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 1.96% or 2.20 points to 109.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 78 to 25 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.11% or 1.50 to $1338.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $63.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.24 to trade at $67.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8733.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.71.