Investing.com – Colombia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Ecopetrol SA (CN:ECO), which rose 3.13% or 50.0 points to trade at 1650.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Avianca Holdings Pf (CN:AVT_p) added 1.80% or 60.0 points to end at 3390.0 and Bcolombia (CN:BIC) was up 1.10% or 280.0 points to 25700.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp (CN:PRU), which fell 42.39% or 4680.0 points to trade at 6360.0 at the close. Pfgrupsura (CN:SIS_p) declined 0.28% or 100.0 points to end at 36100.0 and Banco De Bogota SA (CN:BBO) was 0.00% or 0.0 points to 59900.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange by 25 to 4 and 2 ended unchanged.
US coffee C for September delivery was up 0.14% or 0.17 to $125.22 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in September rose 1.22% or 39.50 to hit $3282.00 , while the August Gold contract fell 0.31% or 3.60 to trade at $1159.90 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was down 0.39% to 2673.00, while BRL/COP rose 0.09% to 829.82.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 96.68.