Colombia stocks higher at close of trade; COLCAP up 0.75%

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

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP gained 0.75%.

The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Corporacion Financiera Colombiana (BVC:CFV_p ), which rose 2.00% or 280.00 points to trade at 14,280.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA (BVC:SIS ) added 1.98% or 700.00 points to end at 36,000.00 and Cementos Argos Pf (BVC:CCB_p ) was up 0.14% or 10.00 points to 7,260.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ecopetrol SA (BVC:ECO ), which fell 4.22% or 70.00 points to trade at 1,590.00 at the close. Canacol Energy Ltd (BVC:CNE ) declined 4.04% or 400.00 points to end at 9,500.00 and Cementos Argos SA (BVC:CCB ) was down 3.46% or 300.00 points to 8,370.00.

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

Shares in Ecopetrol SA (BVC:ECO ) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.22% or 70.00 to 1,590.00.

US coffee C for March delivery was up 2.81% or 7.18 to $263.03 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in March rose 7.25% or 520.00 to hit $7,694.00 , while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 13.50 to trade at $2,604.20 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was up 1.74% to 4,436.50, while BRL/COP rose 1.87% to 771.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 105.85.

Source: Investing.com