Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrial Engineering and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.01% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 3.26% or 1.85 points to trade at 58.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 1.67% or 0.76 points to end at 46.36 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was up 1.63% or 0.74 points to 46.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 0.76% or 0.120 points to trade at 15.570 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 0.66% or 0.450 points to end at 67.900 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 0.53% or 0.65 points to 122.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 77 to 41 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.70% or 8.58 to $1218.52 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.03% or 0.48 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.48 to trade at $48.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.0878, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8402.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 99.46.