Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 1.31% or 0.850 points to trade at 65.550 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 0.63% or 0.095 points to end at 15.235 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 0.56% or 0.195 points to 35.225 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which lost 2.71% or 1.70 points to trade at 61.00 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.70% or 1.150 points to end at 66.690 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) shed 1.07% or 0.47 points to 43.58.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 71 to 40 and 11 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.26% or 3.27 to $1250.17 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.95% or 0.42 to hit $44.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.52 to trade at $47.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1373, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 95.77.