Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the declined 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the were D’Ieteren NV (EBR:), which rose 1.24% or 2.60 points to trade at 212.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (EBR:) added 1.13% or 0.16 points to end at 14.28 and Aedifica (EBR:) was up 0.84% or 0.50 points to 59.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Syensqo SA (EBR:), which fell 3.09% or 2.58 points to trade at 80.82 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:) declined 2.24% or 0.56 points to end at 24.46 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:) was down 2.16% or 1.22 points to 55.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 60 to 28 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.74% or 17.85 to $2,438.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.19% or 0.15 to hit $80.87 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $84.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.84.
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