Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB), which rose 1.70% or 0.52 points to trade at 31.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE) added 1.11% or 0.20 points to end at 18.22 and Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) was down 0.26% or 0.15 points to 56.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (EBR:UMI), which fell 2.92% or 0.31 points to trade at 10.29 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI) declined 2.62% or 1.38 points to end at 51.28 and Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) was down 2.43% or 1.75 points to 70.17.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 76 to 19 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.62% or 1.38 to 51.28.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.37% or 9.79 to $2,652.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $69.09 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $72.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 107.00.