Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.11% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which rose 1.68% or 1.09 points to trade at 65.94 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BR:UCB) added 0.56% or 0.40 points to end at 71.30 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 0.05% or 0.04 points to 79.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which fell 4.82% or 1.12 points to trade at 22.11 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 3.56% or 1.14 points to end at 30.89 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 3.14% or 0.53 points to 16.37.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 80 to 36 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aperam SA (AS:APAM) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.56% or 1.14 to 30.89. Shares in Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) fell to all time lows; falling 3.14% or 0.53 to 16.37.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.93% or 11.40 to $1240.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.34% or 0.23 to hit $67.56 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.49 to trade at $77.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.13.