Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 1.81% or 0.38 points to trade at 21.36 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 1.38% or 0.55 points to end at 40.45 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.51% or 0.13 points to 25.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which lost 5.88% or 4.880 points to trade at 78.120 in late trade. Sofina (BR:SOF) declined 1.40% or 2.00 points to end at 141.20 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) shed 1.16% or 0.49 points to 41.67.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 51 to 49 and 29 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.80 to $1351.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.44% or 0.97 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.34% or 0.97 to trade at $71.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.2376, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8637.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 89.18.