Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the BEL Basic Materials Net Return, BEL Industrials Net Return and BEL Financials Net Return sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 2.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Elia (EBR:ELI), which rose 3.92% or 3.75 points to trade at 99.30 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI) added 2.20% or 1.24 points to end at 57.58 and Aedifica (EBR:AOO) was up 1.85% or 1.10 points to 60.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KBC Groep NV (EBR:KBC), which fell 6.16% or 4.28 points to trade at 65.16 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 5.85% or 1.46 points to end at 23.50 and Argen-X (EBR:ARGX) down 4.89% or 23.40 points to 455.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 67 to 26 and 13 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 5.80 to $2,475.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.07% or 2.34 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.69% or 2.14 to trade at $77.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.08% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP rose 0.68% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.04% at 103.12.