Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which rose 2.23% or 1.95 points to trade at 89.43 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) fell 0.18% or 0.026 points to end at 14.452 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.19% or 0.05 points to 26.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which lost 4.66% or 2.17 points to trade at 44.35 in late trade. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 4.17% or 2.84 points to end at 65.24 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) shed 4.04% or 0.96 points to 22.82.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 29 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.55% or 7.30 to $1310.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.18% or 0.73 to hit $60.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 0.91 to trade at $63.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.2209, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 90.61.