Sluggish indices weighed on European market trends on Monday, with the BEL 20 index falling by up to 0.65%, before gradually picking up and closing with a slight dip of 0.10%, leaving it at 4180.33 points.
Half of the BEL 20 components were in decline, including Umicore (11.24), which went down by 1.40%, and arGEN-X (464.90), which reported a 0.68% drop.
AB InBev (55.20) slipped by 0.18%, KBC (69.80) and GBL (69.20) dropped by 0.77% and 0.79%, while Melexis (80.95) and Elia (98.60) surrendered 0.80% and 0.50% respectively.
Solvay up by 1.51%
DEME (154.60) and Greenyard (6.16) were down by 4.3% and 3.7%, while Agfa-Gevaert (1.098), Barco (12.05), Kinepolis (39.65), and Van de Velde (31.35) recorded losses exceeding 2% each.
Another major decline was registered by IBA (11.28), which dropped 6.1%.
On the other hand, Solvay (32.18) gained 1.51%, joined by Cofinimmo (62.50) and Ackermans (181.80), which went up by 1.21% and 1.11% respectively.
UCB (164.20) and Galapagos (26.58) appreciated by 0.31% and 0.76%, and Syensqo (74.55) closed with a 0.20% climb.
Cenergy gains 8.6%
Lotus Bakeries (11,440) increased by 0.53%, reaching a new high, Ageas (46.80) saw a 0.60% rise, and D’Ieteren (219.20) was 0.09% higher than on Friday.
Colruyt (47.68) and What’s Cooking (87.80) were up 2.3% and 3.3% together with Deceuninck (2.445) and Belysse (0.97), which gained 4% and 6.6%. Exmar (8.70) and Cenergy (9.99) were up 3.1% and 8.6% respectively.
Meanwhile, Biotalys (2.98) and Hyloris (5.98) both gained 3.8%.
At around 16:30, the euro was trading at $1.1060, as against $1.1070 on Friday, while the gold price dropped by €230 to around €72,695 per bar.
