The BEL 20 index and its European neighbours had mixed fortunes on Tuesday, with the Brussels-based index expected to close at 4,117.07 points, a 0.35% drop.
Eleven constituents of the BEL 20's benchmark index were down. However, this was partially offset by the performance of Galapagos (26.24), up by 2.58% following a 13.89% rise over two sessions.
Heavyweight arGEN-X (460.40) slid by 1.43%, Syensqo (70.87) lost 0.35%, while Solvay (31.14) and UCB (161.90) gained 0.35% and 0.03% respectively.
AB InBev (55.44) and Lotus Bakeries (10,880) increased by 0.76% and 0.55% respectively compared to their previous day's values; KBC (69.50) gained 0.12%, contrary to Ageas (44.50), down by 0.45%.
In the property segment, Aedifica (61.80) and WDP (24.26) were down by 1.44% and 2.57%, while Cofinimmo (62.40) lost 1.11%.
Unifiedpost (3.49) followed corporate announcements with an initial leap of 4.9%, finally settling at a 1.7% increase after a downturn.
Meanwhile, SmartPhoto (24.10) and VGP (93.60) lost 3.6% and 3.2%, while Agfa-Gevaert (1,142), Ontex (9.15), Jensen (44.60), Qrf (10.80) and Immobel (24.55) gained over 2%.
Finally, Celyad (0.25) and Hyloris (6.12) were down by 7.4% and 5%. On the other hand, news of a contract pushed IBA (11.98) up by 3.4%.
By 4:30 pm, the euro stood at $1.1165 compared to $1.1170 the day before, and gold was being traded around €72,435, down by €35.
