Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.57% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 1.28% or 0.77 points to trade at 61.14 at the close. Sofina (BR:SOF) added 0.82% or 1.05 points to end at 128.60 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.77% or 0.34 points to 44.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which lost 1.58% or 0.60 points to trade at 37.67 in late trade. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 1.26% or 1.25 points to end at 97.65 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) shed 1.19% or 0.185 points to 15.345.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 60 to 57 and 9 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.38 to $1279.28 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.06% or 1.17 to hit $55.59 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.90% or 1.20 to trade at $61.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.83% to 1.1764, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8950.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 93.91.