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

Investing.com – Colombia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials , Services and Agriculture sectors led shares higher.

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

The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were Cementos Argos SA (BVC:CCB ), which fell 2.66% or 230.00 points to trade at 8,410.00 at the close. Promigas (BVC:PMG ) declined 2.04% or 160.00 points to end at 7,690.00 and Interconnection Electric SA ESP (BVC:ISA ) was down 1.96% or 340.00 points to 17,000.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

US coffee C for March delivery was up 3.01% or 8.15 to $279.35 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in March rose 8.51% or 678.50 to hit $8,649.50 , while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 16.30 to trade at $2,570.20 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 0.45% at 106.86.

Source: Investing.com