Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.78%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 1.41% or 1.240 points to trade at 88.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Cofinimmo SA (BR:COFB) added 0.52% or 0.60 points to end at 116.00 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 0.26% or 0.05 points to 19.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which fell 4.44% or 4.36 points to trade at 93.74 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 4.32% or 1.23 points to end at 27.27 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) was down 3.46% or 1.32 points to 36.78.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 73 to 42 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.03% or 0.35 to $1314.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.57% or 1.93 to hit $52.08 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.86% or 1.79 to trade at $60.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1358, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.225.