Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB), which rose 1.24% or 2.60 points to trade at 212.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) added 1.13% or 0.16 points to end at 14.28 and Aedifica (EBR:AOO) was up 0.84% or 0.50 points to 59.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS), which fell 3.09% or 2.58 points to trade at 80.82 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 2.24% or 0.56 points to end at 24.46 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI) was down 2.16% or 1.22 points to 55.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 60 to 28 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.74% or 17.85 to $2,438.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.19% or 0.15 to hit $80.87 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $84.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.84.