Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Software & Computers, Consumer Services and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ), which rose 0.53% or 0.10 points to trade at 19.46 at the close. Telenet Group (BRU:TNET) added 0.45% or 0.24 points to end at 53.25 and Bekaert (D) (BRU:BEKB) was up 0.19% or 0.05 points to 25.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delhaize Group (BRU:DELB), which lost 2.68% or 2.35 points to trade at 85.27 in late trade. Solvay (BRU:SOLB) declined 1.97% or 2.75 points to end at 137.00 and KBC (BRU:KBC) shed 1.55% or 0.930 points to 59.070.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 50 and 5 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.38% or 4.60 to $1196.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.55% or 0.31 to hit $56.08 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.23 to trade at $63.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.0733, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.7196.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 98.08.