Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI), which rose 0.04% or 0.05 points to trade at 111.50 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) fell 0.24% or 0.025 points to end at 10.455 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was down 0.34% or 0.13 points to 38.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 2.15% or 0.32 points to trade at 14.36 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.91% or 0.910 points to end at 46.715 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was down 1.38% or 0.430 points to 30.645.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 104 to 34 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.48% or 6.55 to $1350.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.60% or 0.28 to hit $46.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.15 to trade at $49.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1265, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8665.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 94.89.