Colombia shares higher at close of trade; COLCAP up 1.15%

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

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP gained 1.15% to hit a new 1-month high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Canacol Energy Ltd (CN: CNE ), which rose 2.91% or 260.0 points to trade at 9200.0 at the close. Interconnection Electric SA ESP (CN: ISA ) added 2.36% or 320.0 points to end at 13880.0 and Pfgrupoarg (CN: ARG_p ) was up 2.29% or 380.0 points to 16980.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Cemargos (CN: CCB ), which lost 0.82% or 80.0 points to trade at 9700.0 in late trade. Etb (CN: ETB ) declined 0.76% or 3.0 points to end at 391.0 and Banco De Bogota SA (CN: BBO ) shed 0.37% or 260.0 points to 69500.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1 to 0 on the Colombia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, US coffee C for May delivery was down 0.17% or 0.20 to $117.38 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in May fell 2.02% or 50.50 to hit $2451.00 , while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.50 to trade at $1337.00 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was up 0.07% to 2841.00, while BRL/COP fell 0.42% to 844.91.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 89.78.