Investing.com – Colombia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Public Services and Agriculture sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Celsia SA (CN:CEL), which rose 3.23% or 125.0 points to trade at 4000.0 at the close. Corporacion Financiera Colombiana SA (CN:CFV) added 2.87% or 460.0 points to end at 16480.0 and Ecopetrol SA (CN:ECO) was up 2.68% or 70.0 points to 2685.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupoaval (CN:GAA), which lost 8.74% or 90.0 points to trade at 940.0 in late trade. Cemex Latam Holdings SA (CN:CLH) declined 7.79% or 300.0 points to end at 3550.0 and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA Pref (CN:GAA_p) shed 2.21% or 21.0 points to 928.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 8 and 2 ended unchanged on the Colombia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, US coffee C for March delivery was down 2.68% or 2.75 to $99.75 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in March fell 0.04% or 1.00 to hit $2270.00 , while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 9.05 to trade at $1258.85 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was up 0.43% to 3284.00, while BRL/COP fell 0.22% to 842.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.82% at 96.512.