Belgium Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, with losses in the Technology, Financials, and Telecoms sectors leading shares down.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.59%.

Best Performers

• Lotus Bakeries (EBR:LOTB): +2.84% (+340.00 points) to 12,300.00
• Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG): +2.19% (+0.54 points) to 25.24
• UCB SA (EBR:UCB): +1.56% (+2.80 points) to 182.25 in late trade.

Worst Performers

• Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB): -6.59% (-2.50 points) to 35.45
• Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP): -3.92% (-0.84 points) to 20.60
• Umicore SA (EBR:UMI): -3.30% (-0.37 points) to 10.83.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 68 to 23, with 20 unchanged.

Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP) shares fell to 3-year lows with a decline of 3.92%. Meanwhile, UCB SA (EBR:UCB) rose to all-time highs, increasing by 1.56%.

Commodities

• Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.66% (-73.15) to $2,676.55 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for December fell 0.15% (-0.11) to $71.88 a barrel.
• January Brent oil contract fell 0.45% (-0.34) to $75.19 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

• EUR/USD was down 1.83% to 1.07.
• EUR/GBP fell 0.73% to 0.83.
• US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.66% at 105.04.