Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.98% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 4.76% or 3.230 points to trade at 71.060 at the close. Meanwhile, bpost NV (BR:BPOST) fell 0.32% or 0.07 points to end at 23.09 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 0.39% or 0.270 points to 69.090 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB), which fell 2.75% or 4.20 points to trade at 148.60 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 2.49% or 1.07 points to end at 41.83 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 1.60% or 0.48 points to 29.61.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 92 to 15 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 3.04 to $1293.14 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $48.42 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.17 to trade at $51.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1813, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.9084.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.03.