Investing.com – Colombia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Investment, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP rose 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the COLCAP were Almacenes Exito SA (CN:IMI), which rose 1.82% or 260.0 points to trade at 14540.0 at the close. Avianca Holdings Pf (CN:AVT_p) added 1.49% or 40.0 points to end at 2720.0 and Bancolombia Pf (CN:BIC_p1) was up 1.44% or 380.0 points to 26700.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco De Bogota SA (CN:BBO), which lost 3.02% or 1860.0 points to trade at 59760.0 in late trade. Grupoaval (CN:GAA) declined 0.43% or 5.0 points to end at 1160.0 and Bcolombia (CN:BIC) 0.00% or 0.0 points to 24880.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 5 and 5 ended unchanged on the Colombia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, US coffee C for March delivery was up 0.48% or 0.70 to $145.82 . Meanwhile, US cocoa for delivery in March rose 0.44% or 10.50 to hit $2400.50 , while the February Gold contract rose 0.64% or 7.45 to trade at $1176.85 a troy ounce.
USD/COP was unchanged 0.00% to 3074.00, while BRL/COP fell 0.20% to 883.66.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 100.79.