Investing.com – Colombia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Public Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP gained 0.63% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Cementos Argos Pf (CN:CCB_p), which rose 4.69% or 300.0 points to trade at 6700.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Nutresa SA (CN:NCH) added 2.90% or 740.0 points to end at 26220.0 and Ecopetrol SA (CN:ECO) was up 2.46% or 70.0 points to 2920.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Conconcret (CN:CIC), which fell 6.54% or 25.0 points to trade at 357.0 at the close. Avianca Holdings Pf (CN:AVT_p) declined 1.37% or 25.0 points to end at 1800.0 and Grupo Argos SA (CN:ARG) was down 1.06% or 200.0 points to 18700.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange by 17 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged.
US coffee C for March delivery was down 0.49% or 0.50 to $102.10 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in March fell 1.85% or 41.00 to hit $2174.00 , while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 8.60 to trade at $1317.50 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was up 0.34% to 3163.20, while BRL/COP rose 1.37% to 858.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 95.118.