Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the were Syensqo SA (EBR:), which rose 1.89% or 1.38 points to trade at 74.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Melexis NV (EBR:) added 1.25% or 0.70 points to end at 56.70 and Solvay SA (EBR:) was up 0.79% or 0.25 points to 31.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:), which fell 2.71% or 0.56 points to trade at 20.14 at the close. Aedifica (EBR:) declined 2.24% or 1.30 points to end at 56.65 and Sofina (EBR:) was down 2.01% or 4.40 points to 214.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 37 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.68% or 18.19 to $2,658.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $68.45 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $72.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 105.81.
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