Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 1.31% or 0.26 points to trade at 20.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 0.97% or 0.24 points to end at 25.09 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 0.52% or 0.44 points to 84.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which fell 2.22% or 2.60 points to trade at 114.65 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.55% or 1.200 points to end at 76.100 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) was down 1.48% or 0.64 points to 42.47.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 36 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.70% or 9.30 to $1323.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.31 to trade at $73.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.2175, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8736.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 90.97.