Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 2.14% or 0.98 points to trade at 47.02 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 1.80% or 0.46 points to end at 26.00 and Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI) was up 1.59% or 1.80 points to 115.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KBC (BR:KBC), which lost 1.85% or 1.000 points to trade at 52.970 in late trade. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 1.18% or 0.24 points to end at 20.05 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) shed 1.01% or 0.41 points to 39.99.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 59 and 14 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.15 to $1258.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.48% or 0.76 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.64% or 0.87 to trade at $52.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1060, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.9048.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 97.55.