Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 1.80% or 1.720 points to trade at 97.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 1.45% or 0.68 points to end at 47.42 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.84% or 0.10 points to 12.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 3.83% or 0.446 points to trade at 11.184 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 3.55% or 2.360 points to end at 64.100 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was down 1.71% or 0.85 points to 48.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 41 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.79% or 9.40 to $1196.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.72% or 1.24 to hit $73.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.97% or 1.60 to trade at $82.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1622, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8902.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.64.