Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the declined 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the were Melexis NV (EBR:), which rose 1.00% or 0.80 points to trade at 80.40 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB SA (EBR:) added 0.91% or 1.25 points to end at 138.70 and D’Ieteren NV (EBR:) was up 0.81% or 1.60 points to 198.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Syensqo SA (EBR:), which fell 3.43% or 2.97 points to trade at 83.57 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:) declined 1.89% or 1.04 points to end at 54.12 and Umicore SA (EBR:) was down 1.89% or 0.27 points to 14.03.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 32 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.13% or 2.95 to $2,339.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $81.61 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.15 to trade at $85.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 105.54.
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