Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Beverage, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 3.01% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Befimmo-Sicafi (BRU:BEFBb), which fell 0.89% or 0.510 points to trade at 56.760 at the close. Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL) fell 1.47% or 0.15 points to end at 10.40 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BRU:COLR) was down 1.57% or 0.68 points to 42.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB), which lost 4.03% or 4.40 points to trade at 104.65 in late trade. Ackermans V.Haaren (BRU:ACKB) declined 3.91% or 5.20 points to end at 127.95 and Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI) shed 3.72% or 3.73 points to 96.47.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 153 to 19 and 2 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.49% or 5.60 to $1158.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.52% or 1.04 to hit $40.28 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.46% or 1.15 to trade at $45.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.09% to 1.1363, while EUR/GBP rose 0.98% to 0.7234.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.87% at 94.94.