Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB), which rose 0.20% or 0.25 points to trade at 124.65 at the close. Delhaize Group (BR:DELB) added 0.09% or 0.09 points to end at 92.82 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 107.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Groep NV (AS:ING), which lost 2.16% or 0.235 points to trade at 10.630 in late trade. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 2.11% or 0.975 points to end at 45.335 and Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI) shed 1.84% or 2.05 points to 109.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 55 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.59% or 7.30 to $1235.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.60% or 0.23 to hit $38.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.35 to trade at $40.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.1388, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.7917.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 94.52.