Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which rose 0.52% or 0.20 points to trade at 39.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI) added 0.44% or 0.43 points to end at 98.73 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was up 0.34% or 0.35 points to 104.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which fell 2.25% or 0.44 points to trade at 19.14 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) declined 1.80% or 0.230 points to end at 12.520 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was down 1.75% or 2.20 points to 123.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 87 to 60 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.86% or 10.10 to $1188.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.87% or 1.32 to hit $47.38 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.63% or 1.27 to trade at $49.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.0579, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8526.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 101.48.