Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.81% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 0.87% or 0.23 points to trade at 26.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 0.36% or 0.20 points to end at 55.70 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was down 0.39% or 0.40 points to 102.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 8.19% or 3.32 points to trade at 37.22 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 3.69% or 0.47 points to end at 12.27 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 2.41% or 2.020 points to 81.840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 83 to 23 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.69% or 0.47 to 12.27. Shares in Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.39% or 0.40 to 102.50.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.13% or 14.80 to $1320.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.34% or 0.21 to hit $61.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.39 to trade at $64.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.2309, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 90.03.