Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which rose 2.32% or 2.50 points to trade at 110.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 0.67% or 0.56 points to end at 84.59 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 0.63% or 0.42 points to 66.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 6.32% or 1.46 points to trade at 21.64 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 3.34% or 1.31 points to end at 37.90 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 2.16% or 0.47 points to 21.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 47 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Proximus NV (BR:PROX) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.16% or 0.47 to 21.30.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.10% or 27.50 to $1280.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.32% or 2.22 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.67% or 2.79 to trade at $73.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1609, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 94.78.