Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the BEL Telecommunications Net Return, BEL Health Care Net Return and BEL Financials Net Return sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB), which rose 2.37% or 0.91 points to trade at 39.35 at the close. Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) added 2.03% or 1.47 points to end at 74.03 and Elia (EBR:ELI) was up 1.35% or 1.30 points to 97.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP), which fell 5.02% or 1.18 points to trade at 22.34 in late trade. Proximus NV (EBR:PROX) declined 3.89% or 0.26 points to end at 6.42 and UCB SA (EBR:UCB) down 1.87% or 3.30 points to 173.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 48 to 44 and 16 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
Shares in Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.37% or 0.91 to 39.35. Shares in Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP) fell to 3-year lows; falling 5.02% or 1.18 to 22.34.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.89% or 24.10 to $2,731.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.85% or 1.31 to hit $69.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.79% or 1.33 to trade at $73.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 103.40.