Colombia stocks lower at close of trade; COLCAP down 0.86%

Colombia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP lost 0.86% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Mineros SA (BVC:MINEROS), which rose 7.71% or 1,580.00 points to trade at 22,060.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Cementos Argos SA (BVC:CEMARGOS) added 2.17% or 240.00 points to end at 11,280.00 and Organizacion Terpel SA (BVC:TERPEL) was up 1.64% or 300.00 points to 18,580.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ecopetrol SA (BVC:ECOPETROL), which fell 4.08% or 110.00 points to trade at 2,585.00 at the close. Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota SA Esp (BVC:ETB) declined 4.07% or 5.00 points to end at 118.00 and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Pref (BVC:PFAVAL) was down 2.62% or 19.00 points to 706.00.

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

US coffee C for December delivery was down 0.84% or 2.35 to $277.40 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in December fell 5.11% or 279.00 to hit $5,177.00 , while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 26.80 to trade at $4,099.80 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was up 0.40% to 3,241.78, while BRL/COP fell 0.30% to 589.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.49.