Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Beverage and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BRU:UCB), which rose 2.16% or 1.54 points to trade at 72.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Befimmo-Sicafi (BRU:BEFBb) added 0.79% or 0.440 points to end at 56.210 and bpost NV (BRU:BPOST) was up 0.18% or 0.04 points to 21.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL), which fell 3.08% or 0.29 points to trade at 9.07 at the close. Engie SA (PARIS:ENGIE) declined 2.80% or 0.44 points to end at 15.28 and Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI) was down 2.32% or 2.27 points to 95.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 100 to 53 and 3 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.81% or 8.90 to $1110.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.83% or 1.25 to hit $45.40 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 0.90 to trade at $48.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.63% to 1.1278, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.7298.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 95.50.