Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare , Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.26%.

The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR: AZE ), which rose 1.70% or 0.25 points to trade at 14.99 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC Groep NV (EBR: KBC ) added 1.64% or 1.36 points to end at 84.28 and Melexis NV (EBR: MLXS ) was up 1.33% or 0.80 points to 60.85 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Argen-X (EBR: ARGX ), which fell 2.01% or 10.00 points to trade at 488.70 at the close. Solvay SA (EBR: SOLB ) declined 1.67% or 0.52 points to end at 30.60 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR: WDPP ) was down 1.63% or 0.34 points to 20.52.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 55 to 38 and 16 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.00% or 32.44 to $3,260.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.94% or 1.82 to hit $63.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.63% or 1.71 to trade at $66.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 100.92.