Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ackermans V.Haaren (BRU:ACKB), which rose 0.77% or 1.05 points to trade at 137.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BRU:COFB) added 0.75% or 0.74 points to end at 99.75 and Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB) was up 0.74% or 0.95 points to 129.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Proximus NV (BRU:PROX), which fell 1.06% or 0.36 points to trade at 33.73 at the close. GDF Suez SA (PARIS:GSZ) declined 0.87% or 0.15 points to end at 17.68 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BRU:GBLB) was down 0.50% or 0.39 points to 76.91.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 93 to 78 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ackermans V.Haaren (BRU:ACKB) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.77% or 1.05 to 137.50.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.12% or 12.80 to $1131.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.82% or 0.42 to hit $50.49 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $56.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.0845, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.6940.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 98.00.