Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the BEL Health Care Net Return, BEL Beverages Net Return and BEL Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (EBR:ARGX), which rose 3.65% or 13.10 points to trade at 371.80 at the close. UCB SA (EBR:UCB) added 1.64% or 2.25 points to end at 139.10 and Ackermans & Van Haaren NV (EBR:ACKB) was up 0.92% or 1.50 points to 164.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Umicore SA (EBR:UMI), which fell 3.93% or 0.58 points to trade at 14.19 in late trade. Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) declined 1.75% or 1.57 points to end at 88.12 and KBC Groep NV (EBR:KBC) down 1.34% or 0.90 points to 66.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 64 to 25 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
Shares in UCB SA (EBR:UCB) rose to all time highs; up 1.64% or 2.25 to 139.10.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.17% or 27.60 to $2,341.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.25% or 0.20 to hit $81.09 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.15 to trade at $85.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 105.46.