Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 0.97% or 1.00 points to trade at 104.55 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) added 0.77% or 0.31 points to end at 40.52 and Elia (BR:ELI) was up 0.53% or 0.250 points to 47.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which lost 1.42% or 0.800 points to trade at 55.620 in late trade. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.39% or 0.18 points to end at 13.13 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) shed 1.28% or 0.72 points to 55.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 51 and 16 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.95 to $1275.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.24% or 1.58 to hit $47.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.55% or 1.80 to trade at $48.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.0976, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8978.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 98.36.