Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which rose 0.18% or 0.20 points to trade at 111.85 at the close. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) added 0.11% or 0.08 points to end at 75.53 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 0.19% or 0.13 points to 69.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which lost 2.84% or 1.17 points to trade at 39.82 in late trade. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 2.46% or 0.80 points to end at 31.51 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 2.21% or 0.33 points to 14.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 51 and 9 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.85 to $1360.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.73% or 1.55 to hit $40.05 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.38% or 1.47 to trade at $42.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1175, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8466.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 95.61.