Belgium Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Monday, with losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services, and Utilities sectors leading to a decline in shares.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 index lost 0.65%.

Best Performers

• Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG): +6.69% (up 1.74 points, trading at 27.74)
• Proximus NV (EBR:PROX): +1.27% (up 0.09 points, ending at 6.78)
• Ageas (EBR:AGES): +0.25% (up 0.12 points, trading at 48.22)

Worst Performers

• Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP): -1.76% (down 0.42 points, trading at 23.38)
• Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB): -1.57% (down 0.59 points, ending at 36.92)
• Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI): -1.36% (down 0.82 points, trading at 59.38)

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange, with 62 declines, 30 advances, and 17 unchanged.

Commodity Prices

• Gold Futures (December): -0.12% (down 3.20 to $2,664.60 per troy ounce)
• Crude Oil (November): +3.36% (up 2.50 to $76.88 per barrel)
• Brent Oil (December): +3.20% (up 2.50 to $80.55 per barrel)

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/USD: Unchanged at 1.10
• EUR/GBP: +0.36% at 0.84

US Dollar Index Futures: -0.03% at 102.24.