Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.25% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 1.22% or 0.49 points to trade at 40.91 at the close. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 0.95% or 0.41 points to end at 44.29 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.94% or 0.13 points to 13.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UCB (BR:UCB), which lost 1.48% or 0.93 points to trade at 62.01 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.36% or 0.960 points to end at 69.760 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) shed 1.22% or 1.25 points to 100.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 61 to 53 and 9 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.62% or 7.73 to $1257.13 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.73% or 0.31 to hit $43.05 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.36 to trade at $45.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1196, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8797.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 96.95.