Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 1.21% or 0.25 points to trade at 20.85 at the close. Meanwhile, bpost NV (BR:BPOST) added 0.56% or 0.08 points to end at 14.40 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 0.47% or 0.55 points to 117.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 4.92% or 0.98 points to trade at 18.95 at the close. Argen-X (BR:ARGX) declined 1.94% or 1.30 points to end at 65.60 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 1.27% or 0.16 points to 12.46.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 58 to 50 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.37% or 4.40 to $1205.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.23% or 1.58 to hit $72.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.79% or 2.18 to trade at $80.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1772, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8969.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.68.