Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the BEL Technology Net Return, BEL Consumer Services Net Return and BEL Industrials Net Return sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (EBR:ARGX), which rose 1.28% or 8.00 points to trade at 631.60 at the close. Ageas (EBR:AGES) added 0.98% or 0.48 points to end at 49.60 and Groep Brussel Lambert NV (EBR:GBLB) was up 0.75% or 0.50 points to 67.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elia (EBR:ELI), which fell 2.78% or 1.80 points to trade at 63.00 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 2.37% or 0.54 points to end at 22.22 and Aedifica (EBR:AOO) down 2.14% or 1.25 points to 57.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 61 to 32 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
Shares in Ageas (EBR:AGES) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 0.98% or 0.48 to 49.60.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.09% or 2.55 to $2,797.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.56% or 0.41 to hit $73.36 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.23 to trade at $76.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 107.73.