Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which rose 2.23% or 1.95 points to trade at 89.43 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) fell 0.18% or 0.026 points to end at 14.452 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.19% or 0.05 points to 26.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 4.66% or 2.17 points to trade at 44.35 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 4.17% or 2.84 points to end at 65.24 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 4.04% or 0.96 points to 22.82.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 83 to 29 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) fell to 3-years lows; falling 4.04% or 0.96 to 22.82.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.56% or 7.40 to $1310.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.18% or 0.73 to hit $60.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 0.92 to trade at $63.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.2208, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 90.62.