Investing.com – Colombia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Investment, Financials and Public Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP gained 0.29% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp (CN:PRU), which rose 15.76% or 260.0 points to trade at 1910.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Argos SA (CN:ARG) added 2.67% or 520.0 points to end at 20000.0 and Bcolombia (CN:BIC) was up 2.08% or 500.0 points to 24500.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cemargos (CN:CCB), which fell 4.01% or 480.0 points to trade at 11500.0 at the close. Cementos Argos Pf (CN:CCB_p) declined 1.87% or 200.0 points to end at 10480.0 and Avianca Holdings Pf (CN:AVT_p) was down 1.32% or 25.0 points to 1870.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange by 21 to 10 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grupo Argos SA (CN:ARG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.67% or 520.0 to 20000.0.
US coffee C for May delivery was up 0.37% or 0.47 to $127.42 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in May fell 0.35% or 10.50 to hit $2953.50 , while the June Gold contract rose 0.41% or 5.00 to trade at $1233.60 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was down 0.50% to 3000.00, while BRL/COP fell 0.17% to 835.49.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 94.61.