Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 2.38% or 0.49 points to trade at 21.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) added 0.67% or 0.70 points to end at 105.30 and Argen-X (BR:ARGX) was up 0.47% or 0.30 points to 64.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 3.02% or 1.42 points to trade at 45.66 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 2.30% or 0.94 points to end at 39.88 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 2.17% or 2.55 points to 114.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 67 to 42 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.10 to $1205.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.46% or 0.34 to hit $74.67 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.17 to trade at $84.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1509, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.8790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.39.