Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 8.88% or 2.59 points to trade at 31.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.79% or 0.875 points to end at 49.890 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was up 0.69% or 0.34 points to 50.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI), which fell 2.52% or 2.85 points to trade at 110.25 at the close. Ageas (BR:AGES) declined 2.22% or 0.680 points to end at 29.970 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was down 1.70% or 0.169 points to 9.780.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 68 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.48% or 6.45 to $1340.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.65% or 0.69 to hit $41.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.58 to trade at $43.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1088, while EUR/GBP rose 0.91% to 0.8439.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 96.58.