Belgium stocks lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 0.23%

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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG ), which rose 2.58% or 0.66 points to trade at 26.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI ) added 0.76% or 0.42 points to end at 55.44 and Proximus NV (EBR:PROX ) was up 0.44% or 0.03 points to 6.81 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP ), which fell 2.57% or 0.64 points to trade at 24.26 at the close. Aedifica (EBR:AOO ) declined 1.44% or 0.90 points to end at 61.80 and Argen-X (EBR:ARGX ) was down 1.43% or 6.70 points to 460.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 46 to 46 and 19 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 8.60 to $2,546.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.12% or 1.64 to hit $75.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.84% or 1.48 to trade at $78.88 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 100.65.

Source: Investing.com