Colombia stocks lower at close of trade; COLCAP down 0.53%

Investing.com – Colombia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials , Investment and Public Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP declined 0.53% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Promigas (BVC:PMG ), which rose 3.04% or 230.00 points to trade at 7,800.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Cementos Argos SA (BVC:CCB ) added 1.94% or 190.00 points to end at 9,980.00 and Organizacion Terpel SA (BVC:TPL ) was up 1.62% or 180.00 points to 11,280.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grupo Nutresa SA (BVC:NCH ), which fell 9.37% or 7,400.00 points to trade at 71,600.00 at the close. Canacol Energy Ltd (BVC:CNE ) declined 2.26% or 260.00 points to end at 11,240.00 and Interconnection Electric SA ESP (BVC:ISA ) was down 1.67% or 280.00 points to 16,500.00.

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

US coffee C for March delivery was up 2.83% or 9.18 to $334.13 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in March rose 7.49% or 881.00 to hit $12,646.00 , while the February Gold Futures contract fell 2.20% or 58.68 to trade at $2,603.32 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was up 0.63% to 4,373.09, while BRL/COP fell 2.35% to 695.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.10% at 107.84.

Source: Investing.com