Investing.com – Colombia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Public Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP rose 0.49% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Cemex Latam Holdings SA (CN:CLH), which rose 2.25% or 260.0 points to trade at 11800.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Canacol Energy Ltd (CN:CNE) added 1.98% or 200.0 points to end at 10280.0 and Ecopetrol SA (CN:ECO) was up 1.86% or 25.0 points to 1370.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Avianca Holdings Pf (CN:AVT_p), which fell 1.26% or 30.0 points to trade at 2350.0 at the close. Cemargos (CN:CCB) declined 0.67% or 80.0 points to end at 11800.0 and Interconexion Electrica SA (CN:ISA) was down 0.30% or 30.0 points to 9900.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange by 23 to 7 and 4 ended unchanged.
US coffee C for December delivery was down 0.42% or 0.67 to $157.88 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in December rose 1.04% or 28.00 to hit $2722.00 , while the December Gold contract rose 0.56% or 7.10 to trade at $1270.00 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was up 0.33% to 2916.72, while BRL/COP rose 1.00% to 921.12.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 97.91.