Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.77% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 1.42% or 0.30 points to trade at 21.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) added 0.46% or 0.42 points to end at 91.18 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 0.16% or 0.070 points to 42.530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 3.53% or 0.67 points to trade at 18.31 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.68% or 1.380 points to end at 80.740 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) was down 1.67% or 0.75 points to 44.04.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 73 to 38 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in bpost NV (BR:BPOST) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.53% or 0.67 to 18.31.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.41% or 5.50 to $1355.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.62% or 0.41 to hit $65.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.31 to trade at $69.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.2447, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8745.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 88.63.