Investing.com – Colombia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Services, Industrials and Public Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP added 0.12% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Ecopetrol SA (CN:ECO), which rose 1.48% or 20.0 points to trade at 1370.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Aval Acciones Y Valores Pf (CN:GAA_p) added 0.83% or 10.0 points to end at 1210.0 and Bolsa De Valores De Colombia (CN:BVC) was up 0.98% or 0.2 points to 20.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Avianca Holdings Pf (CN:AVT_p), which fell 9.34% or 355.0 points to trade at 3445.0 at the close. Conconcret (CN:CIC) declined 1.41% or 15.0 points to end at 1050.0 and Grupo Argos SA (CN:ARG) was down 1.07% or 200.0 points to 18500.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange by 15 to 10 and 6 ended unchanged.
US coffee C for March delivery was down 0.04% or 0.06 to $142.32 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in March rose 1.10% or 24.50 to hit $2256.00 , while the February Gold contract rose 0.57% or 6.45 to trade at $1136.25 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was up 0.12% to 3006.50, while BRL/COP fell 0.68% to 885.05.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 102.92.