Colombia stocks higher at close of trade; COLCAP up 3.67%

Colombia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Services and Agriculture sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP rose 3.67%.

The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Ecopetrol SA (BVC:ECOPETROL), which rose 3.17% or 80.00 points to trade at 2,600.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA (BVC:GRUPOSURA) added 2.16% or 1,680.00 points to end at 79,520.00 and Grupo Argos SA (BVC:GRUPOARGOS) was up 1.82% or 360.00 points to 20,100.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mineros SA (BVC:MINEROS), which fell 2.31% or 520.00 points to trade at 21,980.00 at the close. Corporacion Financiera Colombiana SA (BVC:CORFICOLCF) declined 2.01% or 400.00 points to end at 19,480.00 and Interconnection Electric SA ESP (BVC:ISA) was down 1.68% or 460.00 points to 27,000.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Shares in Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA (BVC:GRUPOSURA) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.16% or 1,680.00 to 79,520.00.

US coffee C for December delivery was down 2.48% or 6.95 to $273.05 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in March fell 2.92% or 154.00 to hit $5,113.00 , while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.91% or 78.02 to trade at $4,152.92 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was up 0.84% to 3,278.86, while BRL/COP rose 0.75% to 593.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 101.56.