Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 1.15% or 0.33 points to trade at 29.08 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) added 1.10% or 0.26 points to end at 23.38 and Elia (BR:ELI) was up 0.65% or 0.315 points to 48.810 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which lost 1.76% or 0.74 points to trade at 41.51 in late trade. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.07% or 1.25 points to end at 115.10 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) shed 0.59% or 0.30 points to 50.44.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 66 to 46 and 14 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.45% or 5.55 to $1233.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.44% or 0.78 to hit $53.55 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.48% or 0.84 to trade at $55.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.0562, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.36.