Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 2.20% or 1.440 points to trade at 66.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 0.91% or 0.37 points to end at 40.82 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 0.22% or 0.04 points to 17.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 2.59% or 1.25 points to trade at 47.08 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 2.18% or 1.74 points to end at 78.10 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was down 1.98% or 0.27 points to 13.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 37 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1203.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.07% or 1.58 to hit $74.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.33% or 1.15 to trade at $85.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1504, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8843.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.46.