Belgium stocks lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 1.44%

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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.44%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB ), which rose 1.70% or 0.52 points to trade at 31.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE ) added 1.11% or 0.20 points to end at 18.22 and Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS ) was down 0.26% or 0.15 points to 56.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (EBR:UMI ), which fell 2.92% or 0.31 points to trade at 10.29 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI ) declined 2.62% or 1.38 points to end at 51.28 and Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS ) was down 2.43% or 1.75 points to 70.17.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 76 to 19 and 15 ended unchanged.

Shares in Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.62% or 1.38 to 51.28.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.37% or 9.79 to $2,652.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $69.09 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $72.61 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 107.00.

Source: Investing.com