Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 1.66% or 0.40 points to trade at 24.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Argen-X (BR:ARGX) added 1.41% or 1.10 points to end at 79.10 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was up 1.25% or 0.58 points to 46.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 1.56% or 0.21 points to trade at 13.29 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 0.85% or 0.34 points to end at 39.76 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 0.57% or 0.360 points to 62.260.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 58 to 43 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in KBC (BR:KBC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.57% or 0.360 to 62.260.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.80% or 9.60 to $1193.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.37% or 0.25 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $74.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1556, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.9016.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 95.44.
