Investing.com – Colombia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Cemex Latam Holdings SA (CN:CLH), which rose 3.13% or 380.0 points to trade at 12540.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Avianca Holdings Pf (CN:AVT_p) added 2.35% or 55.0 points to end at 2395.0 and Celsia SA (CN:CEL) was up 1.18% or 45.0 points to 3865.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cementos Argos Pf (CN:CCB_p), which fell 1.29% or 140.0 points to trade at 10720.0 at the close. Canacol Energy Ltd (CN:CNE) declined 0.85% or 80.0 points to end at 9320.0 and Ecopetrol SA (CN:ECO) was down 0.75% or 10.0 points to 1330.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange by 18 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged.
US coffee C for September delivery was down 0.35% or 0.50 to $141.12 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in September rose 0.72% or 20.50 to hit $2863.00 , while the December Gold contract rose 1.51% or 20.05 to trade at $1348.35 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was up 0.69% to 3082.50, while BRL/COP rose 0.98% to 943.64.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 96.78.