Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 1.31% or 0.26 points to trade at 20.18 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 0.97% or 0.24 points to end at 25.09 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 0.52% or 0.44 points to 84.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which lost 2.22% or 2.60 points to trade at 114.65 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.55% or 1.200 points to end at 76.100 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) shed 1.48% or 0.64 points to 42.47.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 70 to 36 and 18 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.71% or 9.40 to $1323.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $67.73 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.30 to trade at $73.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.2174, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8736.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 90.98.