Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the BEL Banks, BEL Real Estate Investment Trusts Net Return and BEL Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (EBR:PROX), which rose 2.15% or 0.14 points to trade at 6.41 at the close. Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) added 1.49% or 1.15 points to end at 78.40 and Sofina (EBR:SOF) was up 0.67% or 1.40 points to 210.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 2.52% or 0.58 points to trade at 22.40 in late trade. UCB SA (EBR:UCB) declined 2.38% or 3.75 points to end at 153.85 and Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) down 1.83% or 0.57 points to 30.59.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 60 to 35 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
Shares in Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.52% or 0.58 to 22.40.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.15% or 28.50 to $2,501.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.45% or 1.88 to hit $78.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.96% or 1.56 to trade at $81.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 103.00.