Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 2.31% or 0.31 points to trade at 13.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.44% or 1.150 points to end at 81.240 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 1.13% or 0.87 points to 77.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC (BR:KBC), which fell 1.93% or 1.310 points to trade at 66.500 at the close. Sofina (BR:SOF) declined 1.30% or 1.75 points to end at 132.55 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was down 0.74% or 0.35 points to 46.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 52 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in UCB (BR:UCB) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.13% or 0.87 to 77.98.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.55% or 6.82 to $1236.82 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $48.85 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.06 to trade at $51.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.89% to 1.1073, while EUR/GBP rose 0.80% to 0.8576.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 98.15.