Belgium stocks lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 0.65%

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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.65%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG ), which rose 6.69% or 1.74 points to trade at 27.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (EBR:PROX ) added 1.27% or 0.09 points to end at 6.78 and Ageas (EBR:AGES ) was up 0.25% or 0.12 points to 48.22 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP ), which fell 1.76% or 0.42 points to trade at 23.38 at the close. Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB ) declined 1.57% or 0.59 points to end at 36.92 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI ) was down 1.36% or 0.82 points to 59.38.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 30 and 17 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 3.20 to $2,664.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.36% or 2.50 to hit $76.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.20% or 2.50 to trade at $80.55 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.36% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 102.24.

Source: Investing.com