Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 0.95% or 0.13 points to trade at 13.80 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) added 0.29% or 0.30 points to end at 105.40 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.28% or 0.07 points to 24.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which lost 3.81% or 3.040 points to trade at 76.780 in late trade. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) declined 3.42% or 1.47 points to end at 41.50 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) shed 1.96% or 2.20 points to 109.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 78 to 25 and 24 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.11% or 1.50 to $1338.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $63.41 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.19 to trade at $67.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.71.