Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.82% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ablynx NV (BR:ABLX), which rose 0.05% or 0.020 points to trade at 43.900 at the close. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) fell 0.18% or 0.08 points to end at 44.01 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was down 0.20% or 0.08 points to 39.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which lost 3.43% or 0.67 points to trade at 18.89 in late trade. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 3.32% or 2.400 points to end at 69.980 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) shed 3.08% or 0.432 points to 13.590.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 88 to 25 and 16 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.36% or 4.80 to $1326.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.07% or 0.70 to hit $64.47 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.42 to trade at $69.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.2302, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.49.