Colombia shares higher at close of trade; COLCAP up 0.74%

Investing.com – Colombia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Services and Agriculture sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP gained 0.74%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Cementos Argos Pf (BVC:CCB_p), which rose 0.83% or 60.00 points to trade at 7,320.00 at the close. Ecopetrol SA (BVC:ECO) added 0.61% or 10.00 points to end at 1,660.00 and Grupo Energia Bogota SA ESP (BVC:GEB) was up 0.40% or 10.00 points to 2,480.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Cementos Argos SA (BVC:CCB), which lost 2.66% or 230.00 points to trade at 8,410.00 in late trade. Promigas (BVC:PMG) declined 2.04% or 160.00 points to end at 7,690.00 and Interconnection Electric SA ESP (BVC:ISA) shed 1.96% or 340.00 points to 17,000.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Colombia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, US coffee C for March delivery was up 3.01% or 8.15 to $279.35 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in March rose 8.51% or 678.50 to hit $8,649.50 , while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 15.95 to trade at $2,570.55 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was up 0.06% to 4,481.75, while BRL/COP rose 0.41% to 774.55.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 106.84.