Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which rose 0.38% or 0.40 points to trade at 106.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 0.36% or 0.40 points to end at 113.00 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.36% or 0.05 points to 14.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 1.49% or 0.57 points to trade at 37.80 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 1.49% or 1.060 points to end at 70.160 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 1.36% or 1.080 points to 78.380.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 44 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.59% or 7.80 to $1336.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.00% or 1.27 to hit $62.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.54% or 1.05 to trade at $67.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.2276, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8713.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.84.