Belgium stocks lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 0.18%

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials , Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.18%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB SA (EBR:UCB ), which rose 1.70% or 2.95 points to trade at 176.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (EBR:PROX ) added 1.11% or 0.07 points to end at 6.35 and Ageas (EBR:AGES ) was up 0.75% or 0.36 points to 48.44 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS ), which fell 2.50% or 1.86 points to trade at 72.44 at the close. Argen-X (EBR:ARGX ) declined 1.72% or 9.00 points to end at 513.60 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG ) was down 1.45% or 0.40 points to 27.18.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 51 to 41 and 15 ended unchanged.

Shares in UCB SA (EBR:UCB ) rose to all time highs; up 1.70% or 2.95 to 176.70.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 13.75 to $2,743.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.99% or 0.70 to hit $70.07 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.68 to trade at $74.28 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 104.07.

Source: Investing.com