Belgium stocks lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 0.73%

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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC Groep NV (EBR:KBC ), which rose 1.08% or 0.74 points to trade at 69.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB ) added 0.86% or 0.32 points to end at 37.56 and Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS ) was up 0.66% or 0.48 points to 72.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI ), which fell 2.14% or 1.18 points to trade at 53.96 at the close. Aedifica (EBR:AOO ) declined 1.61% or 0.95 points to end at 58.15 and Argen-X (EBR:ARGX ) was down 1.60% or 8.80 points to 542.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 65 to 31 and 15 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 6.20 to $2,743.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.56% or 1.78 to hit $71.27 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.73 to trade at $74.83 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 103.79.

Source: Investing.com