Belgium Stock Market Update

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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.73%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were:
– KBC Groep NV (EBR:KBC): rose 1.08% or 0.74 points to trade at 69.18.
– Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB): added 0.86% or 0.32 points to end at 37.56.
– Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS): was up 0.66% or 0.48 points to 72.91 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI): fell 2.14% or 1.18 points to trade at 53.96.
– Aedifica (EBR:AOO): declined 1.61% or 0.95 points to end at 58.15.
– Argen-X (EBR:ARGX): was down 1.60% or 8.80 points to 542.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 65 to 31, with 15 ending unchanged.

Commodities

• Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 6.20 to $2,743.00 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.56% or 1.78 to hit $71.27 a barrel.
• The January Brent oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.73 to trade at $74.83 a barrel.

Currency Market

• EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% at 1.09.
• EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.27% at 0.84.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 103.79.