Investing.com – Colombia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Investment and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP rose 2.39% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Ecopetrol SA (CN:ECO), which rose 9.09% or 95.0 points to trade at 1140.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Avianca Holdings Pf (CN:AVT_p) added 6.57% or 115.0 points to end at 1865.0 and Canacol Energy Ltd (CN:CNE) was up 4.78% or 320.0 points to 7020.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Isagen SA (CN:ISG), which fell 0.13% or 5.0 points to trade at 3995.0 at the close. Cemex Latam Holdings SA (CN:CLH) unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 points to end at 9990.0 and Empresa De Energia De Bogota (CN:EEB) was up 0.28% or 5.0 points to 1785.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange by 25 to 4 and 3 ended unchanged.
US coffee C for May delivery was down 0.15% or 0.17 to $116.80 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in May rose 0.92% or 26.00 to hit $2861.50 , while the April Gold contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1209.20 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was down 1.68% to 3359.00, while BRL/COP rose 0.47% to 842.93.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 96.83.