Colombia shares higher at close of trade; COLCAP up 0.62%

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Colombia shares higher at close of trade; COLCAP up 0.62%

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

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP gained 0.62% to hit a new 3-month high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Cementos Argos Pf (CN: CCB_p ), which rose 4.69% or 300.0 points to trade at 6700.0 at the close. Grupo Nutresa SA (CN: NCH ) added 2.90% or 740.0 points to end at 26220.0 and Ecopetrol SA (CN: ECO ) was up 2.46% or 70.0 points to 2920.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Conconcret (CN: CIC ), which lost 6.54% or 25.0 points to trade at 357.0 in late trade. Avianca Holdings Pf (CN: AVT_p ) declined 1.37% or 25.0 points to end at 1800.0 and Grupo Argos SA (CN: ARG ) shed 1.06% or 200.0 points to 18700.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged on the Colombia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, US coffee C for March delivery was down 0.49% or 0.50 to $102.10 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in March fell 1.85% or 41.00 to hit $2174.00 , while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 8.70 to trade at $1317.60 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was up 0.34% to 3163.20, while BRL/COP rose 1.37% to 858.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 95.123.

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