Investing.com – Colombia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Investment and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA Pref (CN:GAA_p), which rose 0.84% or 10.0 points to trade at 1200.0 at the close. Grupo Nutresa SA (CN:NCH) added 0.37% or 100.0 points to end at 27200.0 and Almacenes Exito SA (CN:IMI) was up 0.25% or 40.0 points to 16140.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Etb (CN:ETB), which lost 3.40% or 13.0 points to trade at 369.0 in late trade. Ecopetrol SA (CN:ECO) declined 2.15% or 65.0 points to end at 2955.0 and Cementos Argos Pf (CN:CCB_p) shed 1.64% or 140.0 points to 8400.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 8 and 6 ended unchanged on the Colombia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, US coffee C for September delivery was down 2.18% or 2.50 to $112.03 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in September fell 0.74% or 18.50 to hit $2476.00 , while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.04% or 13.00 to trade at $1242.40 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was down 0.45% to 2871.50, while BRL/COP fell 2.00% to 741.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.68% at 94.49.