Belgium stocks lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 0.21%

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services , Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.21%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB ), which rose 2.32% or 0.89 points to trade at 39.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (EBR:PROX ) added 1.81% or 0.12 points to end at 6.74 and Aedifica (EBR:AOO ) was up 1.18% or 0.75 points to 64.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were KBC Groep NV (EBR:KBC ), which fell 1.33% or 0.92 points to trade at 68.46 at the close. UCB SA (EBR:UCB ) declined 1.21% or 2.10 points to end at 171.20 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI ) was down 0.93% or 0.56 points to 59.92.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 49 to 45 and 14 ended unchanged.

Shares in Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB ) rose to all time highs; rising 2.32% or 0.89 to 39.32.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 4.90 to $2,683.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.30% or 0.21 to hit $70.37 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $74.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.40% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 103.28.

Source: Investing.com