Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare , Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 lost 1.07%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo SA (EBR: COFB ), which rose 1.49% or 1.10 points to trade at 74.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Elia (EBR: ELI ) added 1.34% or 1.25 points to end at 94.30 and Aedifica (EBR: AOO ) was up 0.62% or 0.40 points to 65.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were UCB SA (EBR: UCB ), which fell 3.52% or 5.65 points to trade at 154.85 at the close. KBC Groep NV (EBR: KBC ) declined 1.98% or 1.74 points to end at 86.26 and Syensqo SA (EBR: SYENS ) was down 1.86% or 1.22 points to 64.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 32 and 14 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.95% or 64.36 to $3,359.36 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.64% or 0.39 to hit $61.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.37 to trade at $64.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 99.17.