Colombia stocks lower at close of trade; COLCAP down 1.38%

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

At the close in Colombia, the COLCAP lost 1.38% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the COLCAP were Ecopetrol SA (BVC:ECOPETROL), which rose 3.52% or 95.00 points to trade at 2,795.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Nutresa SA (BVC:NUTRESA) added 3.29% or 10,200.00 points to end at 319,860.00 and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Pref (BVC:PFAVAL) was up 2.50% or 19.00 points to 780.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota SA Esp (BVC:ETB), which fell 4.72% or 6.00 points to trade at 121.00 at the close. Banco Davivienda Pref (BVC:PFDAVVNDA) declined 2.58% or 760.00 points to end at 28,740.00 and Corporacion Financiera Colombiana SA (BVC:CORFICOLCF) was down 1.35% or 280.00 points to 20,420.00.

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

US coffee C for December delivery was down 2.59% or 7.95 to $299.50 . Elsewhere in commodities trading, US cocoa for delivery in December fell 1.59% or 89.00 to hit $5,503.00 , while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 23.10 to trade at $4,031.00 a troy ounce.

USD/COP was unchanged 0.00% to 3,147.30, while BRL/COP unchanged 0.00% to 582.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 101.86.