Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS), which rose 1.00% or 0.80 points to trade at 80.40 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB SA (EBR:UCB) added 0.91% or 1.25 points to end at 138.70 and D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB) was up 0.81% or 1.60 points to 198.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS), which fell 3.43% or 2.97 points to trade at 83.57 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI) declined 1.89% or 1.04 points to end at 54.12 and Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) was down 1.89% or 0.27 points to 14.03.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 32 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.13% or 2.95 to $2,339.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $81.61 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.15 to trade at $85.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 105.54.