Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 1.76% or 2.00 points to trade at 115.90 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 1.72% or 0.49 points to end at 29.05 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 0.43% or 0.280 points to 65.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which lost 1.57% or 0.215 points to trade at 13.455 in late trade. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 1.46% or 0.62 points to end at 41.74 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 1.03% or 0.12 points to 11.08.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 61 to 50 and 8 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.13% or 1.65 to $1239.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.49% or 0.26 to hit $53.10 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.11 to trade at $55.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8541.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 100.86.