Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 2.36% or 0.96 points to trade at 41.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) added 1.24% or 1.14 points to end at 92.80 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 1.10% or 0.780 points to 71.980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 4.08% or 0.90 points to trade at 21.14 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 3.46% or 2.86 points to end at 79.86 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.78% or 0.19 points to 24.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 36 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.46% or 2.86 to 79.86. Shares in Proximus NV (BR:PROX) fell to 3-years lows; falling 0.78% or 0.19 to 24.25.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.53% or 7.00 to $1320.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $70.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.19 to trade at $77.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1910, while EUR/GBP rose 0.80% to 0.8818.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 92.65.
