Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 3.14% or 1.22 points to trade at 40.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 0.43% or 0.11 points to end at 25.51 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.33% or 0.15 points to 45.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 2.65% or 1.14 points to trade at 41.90 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 2.20% or 1.94 points to end at 86.40 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 1.93% or 1.540 points to 78.200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 69 to 45 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.08% or 14.60 to $1360.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.24% or 1.47 to hit $66.98 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 1.24 to trade at $72.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.2377, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8719.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.18.