Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 1.34% or 0.56 points to trade at 42.21 at the close. Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 0.76% or 0.43 points to end at 57.08 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 0.33% or 0.40 points to 121.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which lost 2.26% or 1.05 points to trade at 45.29 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.07% or 0.750 points to end at 69.470 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) shed 0.87% or 0.41 points to 45.89.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 64 to 47 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1254.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.25% or 0.57 to hit $46.34 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 0.56 to trade at $48.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1632, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.91.