Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were GDF Suez SA (PARIS:GSZ), which rose 2.24% or 0.37 points to trade at 16.91 at the close. Proximus NV (BRU:PROX) added 1.94% or 0.66 points to end at 34.34 and Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI) was up 1.02% or 1.15 points to 113.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB), which lost 2.97% or 3.80 points to trade at 124.20 in late trade. KBC (BRU:KBC) declined 1.38% or 0.870 points to end at 62.140 and Delhaize Group (BRU:DELB) shed 1.26% or 1.00 points to 78.31.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 70 and 6 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.23% or 2.50 to $1094.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.13% or 1.02 to hit $49.00 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.43 to trade at $53.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1020, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.7056.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 96.99.