Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BRU:UMI), which rose 0.94% or 0.34 points to trade at 36.69 at the close. Meanwhile, DIeteren SA (BRU:IETB) fell 0.01% or 0.005 points to end at 35.970 and Delhaize Group (BRU:DELB) was down 0.21% or 0.17 points to 79.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elia (BRU:ELI), which fell 2.79% or 1.135 points to trade at 39.515 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BRU:BEKB) declined 1.75% or 0.45 points to end at 24.98 and KBC (BRU:KBC) was down 1.19% or 0.700 points to 58.230.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 98 to 53 and 4 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.00 to $1107.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.43% or 0.64 to hit $43.99 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.79% or 1.37 to trade at $47.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1316, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.7336.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.38.