Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.74% or 2.530 points to trade at 70.220 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.89% or 0.12 points to end at 13.57 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 0.64% or 0.39 points to 60.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which lost 3.27% or 1.41 points to trade at 41.65 in late trade. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.90% or 2.35 points to end at 121.55 and KBC (BR:KBC) shed 0.98% or 0.660 points to 67.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 63 to 40 and 8 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.52% or 6.48 to $1251.98 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.02% or 0.95 to hit $45.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.95% or 0.96 to trade at $48.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8989.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.84.