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

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Syensqo SA (EBR: SYENS ), which rose 1.89% or 1.38 points to trade at 74.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Melexis NV (EBR: MLXS ) added 1.25% or 0.70 points to end at 56.70 and Solvay SA (EBR: SOLB ) was up 0.79% or 0.25 points to 31.85 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR: WDPP ), which fell 2.71% or 0.56 points to trade at 20.14 at the close. Aedifica (EBR: AOO ) declined 2.24% or 1.30 points to end at 56.65 and Sofina (EBR: SOF ) was down 2.01% or 4.40 points to 214.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 37 and 13 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.68% or 18.19 to $2,658.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $68.45 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $72.23 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 105.81.