Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 1.89% or 0.53 points to trade at 28.38 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) added 1.54% or 0.64 points to end at 41.80 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 0.10% or 0.03 points to 28.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which lost 2.40% or 2.75 points to trade at 111.95 in late trade. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) declined 1.62% or 1.31 points to end at 79.49 and KBC (BR:KBC) shed 1.49% or 0.860 points to 57.020.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 60 to 51 and 8 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.52% or 6.55 to $1257.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.75% or 0.41 to hit $54.04 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.46 to trade at $56.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.0591, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8477.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 100.88.