Colombia shares lower at close of trade; COLCAP down 0.45%

Investing.com – Colombia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials , Public Services and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP declined 0.45%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Cementos Argos Pf (CN: CCB_p ), which rose 5.79% or 320.0 points to trade at 5850.0 at the close. Pfgrupoarg (CN: ARG_p ) added 1.52% or 200.0 points to end at 13340.0 and Grupo Argos SA (CN: ARG ) was up 1.38% or 220.0 points to 16220.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Conconcret (CN: CIC ), which lost 6.45% or 20.0 points to trade at 290.0 in late trade. Etb (CN: ETB ) declined 2.99% or 8.0 points to end at 260.0 and Ecopetrol SA (CN: ECO ) shed 2.06% or 65.0 points to 3085.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 6 and 6 ended unchanged on the Colombia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, US coffee C for March delivery was down 0.87% or 1.00 to $113.90 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in March fell 2.56% or 56.00 to hit $2134.00 , while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1227.90 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was down 0.28% to 3192.90, while BRL/COP fell 0.42% to 839.55.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 96.400.