Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB), which rose 1.92% or 2.30 points to trade at 122.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Befimmo-Sicafi (BR:BEFB) added 1.21% or 0.660 points to end at 55.360 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.55% or 0.17 points to 30.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delta Lloyd (AS:DLL), which fell 5.05% or 0.28 points to trade at 5.30 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 2.27% or 0.32 points to end at 13.80 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 1.52% or 0.755 points to 48.770.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 87 to 54 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.08% or 13.40 to $1231.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.74% or 1.02 to hit $36.16 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.66% or 1.05 to trade at $38.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1112, while EUR/GBP rose 1.08% to 0.7850.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 96.64.