Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 3.14% or 1.22 points to trade at 40.03 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 0.43% or 0.11 points to end at 25.51 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 0.33% or 0.15 points to 45.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which lost 2.65% or 1.14 points to trade at 41.90 in late trade. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 2.20% or 1.94 points to end at 86.40 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) shed 1.93% or 1.540 points to 78.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 45 and 17 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.09% or 14.70 to $1360.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.24% or 1.47 to hit $66.98 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 1.24 to trade at $72.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.2377, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8719.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.18.