Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ageas (BR:AGES), which rose 1.45% or 0.520 points to trade at 36.355 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 1.02% or 0.29 points to end at 29.32 and Aperam (AS:APAM) was up 1.01% or 0.47 points to 46.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which lost 1.55% or 1.60 points to trade at 101.30 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 0.61% or 0.510 points to end at 83.690 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) shed 0.53% or 0.60 points to 112.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 59 to 49 and 8 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.23% or 2.90 to $1280.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $50.87 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.17 to trade at $53.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.0749, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.8383.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 99.55.