Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BRU:BEKB), which rose 1.47% or 0.39 points to trade at 26.88 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BRU:COFB) added 1.35% or 1.30 points to end at 97.60 and Befimmo-Sicafi (BRU:BEFBb) was up 1.22% or 0.730 points to 60.540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Belgacom (BRU:BCOM), which lost 1.25% or 0.41 points to trade at 32.06 in late trade. Telenet Group (BRU:TNET) declined 0.83% or 0.43 points to end at 51.68 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BRU:COLR) shed 0.74% or 0.31 points to 41.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 61 and 7 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.19% or 2.30 to $1222.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.89% or 0.53 to hit $59.35 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.23 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1430, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7250.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 93.38.