Colombia shares lower at close of trade; COLCAP down 0.83%

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

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP declined 0.83% to hit a new 6-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Cemex Latam Holdings SA (CN: CLH ), which rose 1.51% or 80.0 points to trade at 5380.0 at the close. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA Pref (CN: GAA_p ) added 0.45% or 5.0 points to end at 1125.0 and Ecopetrol SA (CN: ECO ) was up 0.38% or 15.0 points to 3965.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Promigas (CN: PMG ), which lost 9.56% or 610.0 points to trade at 5770.0 in late trade. Interconnection Electric SA ESP (CN: ISA ) declined 4.69% or 600.0 points to end at 12200.0 and Pfgrupsura (CN: SIS_p ) shed 4.10% or 1340.0 points to 31340.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 5 and 4 ended unchanged on the Colombia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, US coffee C for December delivery was down 3.56% or 4.35 to $117.75 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in December rose 1.97% or 42.50 to hit $2204.50 , while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1225.30 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was up 0.24% to 3085.50, while BRL/COP rose 0.85% to 836.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 95.76.