Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 0.91% or 0.21 points to trade at 23.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 0.01% or 0.01 points to end at 80.52 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 14.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 2.06% or 0.87 points to trade at 41.40 at the close. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) declined 2.04% or 1.92 points to end at 92.10 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 1.95% or 0.48 points to 24.12.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 48 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1291.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.84% or 0.61 to hit $71.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.43 to trade at $79.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.70% to 1.1698, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 93.96.