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Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 0.17% or 0.16 points to trade at 97.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore NV (BR:UMI) fell 0.15% or 0.08 points to end at 54.45 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was down 0.36% or 0.40 points to 111.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB (BR:UCB), which fell 2.74% or 2.05 points to trade at 72.81 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 1.91% or 0.75 points to end at 38.42 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was down 1.77% or 0.560 points to 31.075.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 94 to 42 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.85 to $1352.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.62% or 0.74 to hit $46.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.49% or 0.72 to trade at $49.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.83% to 1.1276, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.84% at 94.78.
Source by Investing.com
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