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 lost 2.25%.
The best performers of the session on the were Elia (EBR:), which rose 3.92% or 3.75 points to trade at 99.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:) added 2.20% or 1.24 points to end at 57.58 and Aedifica (EBR:) was up 1.85% or 1.10 points to 60.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC Groep NV (EBR:), which fell 6.16% or 4.28 points to trade at 65.16 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:) declined 5.85% or 1.46 points to end at 23.50 and Argen-X (EBR:) was down 4.89% or 23.40 points to 455.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 67 to 26 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 7.85 to $2,472.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.05% or 2.33 to hit $73.98 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.70% or 2.15 to trade at $77.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.06% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP rose 0.67% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.03% at 103.14.
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