Belgium stocks lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 0.29%

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods , Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore SA (EBR:UMI ), which rose 2.49% or 0.27 points to trade at 11.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB ) added 2.23% or 0.71 points to end at 32.58 and Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS ) was up 2.18% or 1.63 points to 76.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB ), which fell 3.53% or 7.30 points to trade at 199.50 at the close. Elia (EBR:ELI ) declined 2.72% or 2.30 points to end at 82.40 and Lotus Bakeries (EBR:LOTB ) was down 2.17% or 240.00 points to 10,820.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 54 to 43 and 14 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.14% or 30.26 to $2,689.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.96% or 1.32 to hit $68.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.66% or 1.18 to trade at $72.30 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 105.66.

Source: Investing.com