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

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

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were D’Ieteren NV (EBR: IETB ), which rose 4.39% or 7.00 points to trade at 166.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR: AZE ) added 1.34% or 0.26 points to end at 19.72 and Melexis NV (EBR: MLXS ) was up 1.02% or 0.60 points to 59.25 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cofinimmo SA (EBR: COFB ), which fell 2.34% or 1.30 points to trade at 54.15 at the close. Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR: WDPP ) declined 2.08% or 0.42 points to end at 19.76 and Umicore SA (EBR: UMI ) was down 1.81% or 0.20 points to 10.83.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 51 to 42 and 18 ended unchanged.

Shares in Cofinimmo SA (EBR: COFB ) fell to all time lows; losing 2.34% or 1.30 to 54.15. Shares in Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR: WDPP ) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.08% or 0.42 to 19.76.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.41% or 38.21 to $2,756.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.01% or 1.38 to hit $69.97 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.55% or 1.12 to trade at $73.31 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 106.22.