Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 0.81% or 0.480 points to trade at 59.710 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 0.68% or 0.090 points to end at 13.365 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.57% or 0.15 points to 27.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which lost 2.25% or 0.47 points to trade at 20.21 in late trade. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) declined 0.71% or 0.33 points to end at 45.67 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) shed 0.69% or 0.75 points to 108.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 50 and 5 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1202.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.42% or 1.26 to hit $53.38 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.51% or 1.36 to trade at $55.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.0667, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8655.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 101.13.