Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction & Materials, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ackermans V.Haaren (BRU:ACKB), which rose 0.08% or 0.10 points to trade at 127.65 at the close. bpost NV (BRU:BPOST) fell 0.20% or 0.05 points to end at 24.64 and DIeteren SA (BRU:IETB) was down 0.34% or 0.110 points to 32.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delhaize Group (BRU:DELB), which lost 3.37% or 2.58 points to trade at 74.06 in late trade. NV Bekaert SA (BRU:BEKB) declined 2.16% or 0.56 points to end at 25.31 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BRU:COLR) shed 1.96% or 0.81 points to 40.16.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 48 and 6 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.24% or 2.80 to $1176.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.05% or 0.61 to hit $58.94 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 1.19 to trade at $63.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.76% to 1.1151, while EUR/GBP fell 0.67% to 0.7093.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.58% at 95.63.