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

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

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP declined 0.53%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Grupo Nutresa SA (CN: NCH ), which rose 2.60% or 600.0 points to trade at 23700.0 at the close. Grupoaval (CN: GAA ) added 0.98% or 10.0 points to end at 1030.0 and Bcolombia (CN: BIC ) was up 0.62% or 200.0 points to 32300.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Avianca Holdings Pf (CN: AVT_p ), which lost 7.62% or 160.0 points to trade at 1940.0 in late trade. Conconcret (CN: CIC ) declined 3.76% or 12.0 points to end at 307.0 and Ecopetrol SA (CN: ECO ) shed 3.23% or 100.0 points to 3000.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 8 and 1 ended unchanged on the Colombia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, US coffee C for March delivery was up 1.10% or 1.15 to $105.25 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in March fell 1.21% or 27.00 to hit $2198.00 , while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.60 to trade at $1249.00 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was up 1.16% to 3183.65, while BRL/COP rose 0.85% to 812.20.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.71% at 97.165.