Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore SA (EBR:UMI), which rose 2.49% or 0.27 points to trade at 11.13 at the close. Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) added 2.23% or 0.71 points to end at 32.58 and Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) was up 2.18% or 1.63 points to 76.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB), which lost 3.53% or 7.30 points to trade at 199.50 in late trade. Elia (EBR:ELI) declined 2.72% or 2.30 points to end at 82.40 and Lotus Bakeries (EBR:LOTB) shed 2.17% or 240.00 points to 10,820.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 54 to 43 and 14 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.14% or 30.26 to $2,689.86 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.93% or 1.30 to hit $68.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.66% or 1.18 to trade at $72.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 105.66.