Belgium stocks lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 0.26%

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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.26%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE), which rose 1.70% or 0.25 points to trade at 14.99 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC Groep NV (EBR:KBC) added 1.64% or 1.36 points to end at 84.28 and Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) was up 1.33% or 0.80 points to 60.85 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Argen-X (EBR:ARGX), which fell 2.01% or 10.00 points to trade at 488.70 at the close. Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) declined 1.67% or 0.52 points to end at 30.60 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP) was down 1.63% or 0.34 points to 20.52.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 55 to 38 and 16 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.00% or 32.44 to $3,260.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.94% or 1.82 to hit $63.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.63% or 1.71 to trade at $66.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 100.92.

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