Belgium Stock Market Summary

Belgium stocks ended lower on Wednesday, with declines in the Telecoms, Consumer Services, and Financials sectors.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 index declined by 0.17%.

Best Performers

• D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB): +4.39% (+7.00 points) to 166.50
• Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE): +1.34% (+0.26 points) to 19.72
• Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS): +1.02% (+0.60 points) to 59.25

Worst Performers

• Cofinimmo SA (EBR:COFB): -2.34% (-1.30 points) to 54.15
• Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP): -2.08% (-0.42 points) to 19.76
• Umicore SA (EBR:UMI): -1.81% (-0.20 points) to 10.83

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 51 to 42, with 18 unchanged.

Cofinimmo SA reached an all-time low, while Warehouses de Pauw fell to three-year lows.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures for February delivery rose 1.41% (+38.21) to $2,756.61 per troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for January delivery increased 2.01% (+1.38) to $69.97 per barrel.
• Brent Oil for February also rose 1.55% (+1.12) to $73.31 per barrel.

Currency Update

• EUR/USD remained unchanged at 1.05.
• EUR/GBP also remained unchanged at 0.82.
• US Dollar Index Futures increased by 0.14% to 106.22.