Colombia shares lower at close of trade; COLCAP down 0.19%

Investing.com – Colombia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Public Services , Investment and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP declined 0.19% to hit a new 52-week low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Conconcret (CN: CIC ), which rose 3.91% or 12.0 points to trade at 319.0 at the close. Ecopetrol SA (CN: ECO ) added 1.68% or 50.0 points to end at 3030.0 and Avianca Holdings Pf (CN: AVT_p ) was up 0.79% or 15.0 points to 1920.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Almacenes Exito SA (CN: IMI ), which lost 2.42% or 300.0 points to trade at 12100.0 in late trade. Empresa de Energia de Bogota SA ESP (CN: EEB ) declined 1.98% or 35.0 points to end at 1735.0 and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA Pref (CN: GAA_p ) shed 1.46% or 15.0 points to 1015.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 4 and 5 ended unchanged on the Colombia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, US coffee C for March delivery was up 0.78% or 0.80 to $103.15 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in March rose 2.32% or 49.00 to hit $2165.00 , while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.60 to trade at $1250.80 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was down 0.53% to 3169.00, while BRL/COP rose 0.70% to 821.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 96.958.