Belgium Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare, and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.29%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were:
– Umicore SA (EBR:UMI): rose 2.49% or 0.27 points to trade at 11.13.
– Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB): added 2.23% or 0.71 points to end at 32.58.
– Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS): was up 2.18% or 1.63 points to 76.34.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB): fell 3.53% or 7.30 points to trade at 199.50.
– Elia (EBR:ELI): declined 2.72% or 2.30 points to end at 82.40.
– Lotus Bakeries (EBR:LOTB): down 2.17% or 240.00 points to 10,820.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 54 to 43, and 14 ended unchanged.

Commodity Prices

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.14% or 30.26 to $2,689.86 a troy ounce.

Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.96% or 1.32 to hit $68.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.66% or 1.18 to trade at $72.30 a barrel.

Currency Rates

EUR/USD was unchanged at 1.06, while EUR/GBP was unchanged at 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 105.66.