Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media, Industrial Engineering and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (BR:ARGX), which rose 1.64% or 1.40 points to trade at 86.60 at the close. Cofinimmo SA (BR:COFB) added 0.46% or 0.50 points to end at 109.00 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.12% or 0.01 points to 12.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which lost 3.35% or 0.60 points to trade at 17.30 in late trade. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) declined 2.18% or 0.76 points to end at 34.10 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) shed 1.91% or 0.44 points to 22.61.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 57 to 53 and 18 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.53% or 6.80 to $1288.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.45% or 2.02 to hit $47.43 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.98% or 2.14 to trade at $55.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.02% to 1.1345, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.9008.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 96.398.