Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 1.53% or 0.22 points to trade at 14.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Elia (BR:ELI) added 1.42% or 0.615 points to end at 43.780 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 1.41% or 0.43 points to 30.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which fell 3.55% or 1.25 points to trade at 33.80 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 2.84% or 1.500 points to end at 51.240 and Befimmo-Sicafi (BR:BEFB) was down 2.54% or 1.340 points to 51.430.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 89 to 60 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.23% or 2.60 to $1117.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 4.21% or 1.32 to hit $32.77 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 5.10% or 1.66 to trade at $34.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.0867, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.7626.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 99.16.