Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Pharma & Bio-technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 1.72% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 0.64% or 0.48 points to trade at 75.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) fell 0.21% or 0.12 points to end at 57.40 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was down 0.57% or 0.04 points to 7.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which fell 5.53% or 5.12 points to trade at 87.54 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 3.99% or 0.96 points to end at 23.08 and Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET) was down 3.41% or 1.40 points to 39.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 94 to 19 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.53% or 5.12 to 87.54. Shares in Aperam SA (AS:APAM) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.99% or 0.96 to 23.08.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.19% or 2.40 to $1250.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.05% or 1.08 to hit $51.53 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 0.87 to trade at $60.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1368, while EUR/GBP rose 1.15% to 0.9046.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 97.047.