Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 2.09% or 1.20 points to trade at 58.58 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 2.05% or 1.600 points to end at 79.800 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was up 1.87% or 2.30 points to 125.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which lost 1.35% or 0.200 points to trade at 14.655 in late trade. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 0.73% or 0.500 points to end at 68.040 and Ageas (BR:AGES) shed 0.67% or 0.260 points to 38.635.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 62 to 57 and 11 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.93% or 12.35 to $1342.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.28% or 1.55 to hit $48.84 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.18% or 1.14 to trade at $53.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1917, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.9148.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 92.26.