Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.40% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 2.22% or 0.90 points to trade at 41.53 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.35% or 1.080 points to end at 81.080 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 1.10% or 0.70 points to 64.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which lost 3.52% or 0.52 points to trade at 14.25 in late trade. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 1.62% or 0.36 points to end at 21.90 and KBC (BR:KBC) shed 1.55% or 1.100 points to 69.640.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 66 to 51 and 16 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1290.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.48% or 0.34 to hit $70.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.21 to trade at $78.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1795, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8746.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.31.