Investing.com – Colombia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Investment, Financials and Public Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP rose 0.36% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Pfgrupoarg (CN:ARG_p), which rose 3.07% or 420.0 points to trade at 14120.0 at the close. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA Pref (CN:GAA_p) added 2.91% or 30.0 points to end at 1060.0 and Cemex Latam Holdings SA (CN:CLH) was up 1.99% or 75.0 points to 3845.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Conconcret (CN:CIC), which lost 3.14% or 12.0 points to trade at 370.0 in late trade. Cementos Argos Pf (CN:CCB_p) declined 1.25% or 70.0 points to end at 5550.0 and Grupoaval (CN:GAA) shed 0.95% or 10.0 points to 1040.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 13 to 8 and 8 ended unchanged on the Colombia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, US coffee C for March delivery was down 1.28% or 1.35 to $103.95 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in March rose 0.09% or 2.00 to hit $2353.00 , while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.60 to trade at $1287.40 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was up 0.12% to 3137.65, while BRL/COP fell 0.74% to 845.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 95.157.