Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 0.81% or 0.11 points to trade at 13.66 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 0.37% or 0.08 points to end at 21.80 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.36% or 0.16 points to 45.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which lost 3.49% or 0.64 points to trade at 17.72 in late trade. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 3.14% or 1.22 points to end at 37.61 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) shed 2.34% or 0.59 points to 24.64.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 56 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.79% or 10.70 to $1336.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.59% or 0.37 to hit $63.38 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.34 to trade at $67.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.2262, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.86.