Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare , Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.50%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Montea C.V.A. (EBR: MONTE ), which rose 3.04% or 1.90 points to trade at 64.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR: AZE ) added 1.67% or 0.25 points to end at 15.24 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR: WDPP ) was up 1.23% or 0.26 points to 21.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were UCB SA (EBR: UCB ), which fell 2.21% or 3.50 points to trade at 154.80 at the close. Argen-X (EBR: ARGX ) declined 1.36% or 7.00 points to end at 508.60 and D’Ieteren NV (EBR: IETB ) was down 1.09% or 2.00 points to 182.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 49 to 46 and 12 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 6.44 to $3,321.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.35% or 1.43 to hit $62.32 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.24 to trade at $64.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 99.81.