Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 0.91% or 0.770 points to trade at 85.090 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.73% or 0.10 points to end at 14.44 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was up 0.72% or 0.49 points to 68.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which lost 1.83% or 1.84 points to trade at 98.61 in late trade. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) declined 1.72% or 0.80 points to end at 45.76 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) shed 1.10% or 1.40 points to 125.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 60 to 48 and 9 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.47% or 6.14 to $1316.74 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.82% or 0.91 to hit $50.81 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 1.14 to trade at $56.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.2003, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.50.