Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 2.77% or 1.26 points to trade at 46.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.25% or 0.15 points to end at 12.56 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was up 1.05% or 1.80 points to 173.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Argen-X (BR:ARGX), which fell 2.71% or 1.80 points to trade at 64.70 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) declined 2.11% or 0.30 points to end at 13.90 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was down 1.04% or 0.80 points to 75.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 75 to 39 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.93% or 11.10 to $1188.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.71% or 0.51 to hit $72.08 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.51 to trade at $81.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.1679, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8912.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 94.38.
