Belgium shares lower at close of trade; BEL 20 down 0.98%

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Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.98%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB SA (EBR:UCB), which rose 1.66% or 2.65 points to trade at 162.70 at the close. Cofinimmo SA (EBR:COFB) added 0.38% or 0.25 points to end at 66.40 and Argen-X (EBR:ARGX) was down 0.04% or 0.20 points to 482.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Umicore SA (EBR:UMI), which lost 7.24% or 0.82 points to trade at 10.51 in late trade. Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) declined 4.40% or 3.28 points to end at 71.33 and Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) shed 3.70% or 2.90 points to 75.45.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 67 to 26 and 15 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.22% or 31.95 to $2,646.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $70.94 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.44 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 100.46.

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