Market close overview
Colombia's stock market ended the trading day on Thursday in negative territory. The benchmark COLCAP index declined 0.56% by the close, with losses concentrated in Financials, Investment and Public Services sector stocks.
Top performers
- Celsia SA (BVC:CELSIA) advanced 1.46%, adding 70.00 points to finish at 4,880.00.
- Grupo Nutresa SA (BVC:NUTRESA) rose 1.33%, gaining 4,000.00 points to close at 304,000.00.
- Corporacion Financiera Colombiana SA (BVC:CORFICOLCF) ticked up 0.38%, an increase of 60.00 points to 15,940.00 in late trade.
Largest declines
- Mineros SA (BVC:MINEROS) was the session's weakest performer, plunging 5.88% or 920.00 points to end at 14,720.00.
- Interconnection Electric SA ESP (BVC:ISA) fell 3.75%, down 1,160.00 points to 29,800.00.
- Banco Davivienda Pf (BVC:PFDAVVNDA) declined 3.02%, losing 660.00 points to finish at 21,220.00.
Breadth
The session saw more falling stocks than advancing ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange, with decliners outnumbering advancers.
Commodities and futures
- US coffee C for July delivery rose 1.50%, up 4.05 to $273.90.
- US cocoa for July delivery dropped 1.67%, down 69.00 to $4,071.00.
- The August Gold Futures contract increased 1.02%, adding 45.50 to trade at $4,527.00 a troy ounce.
Currencies and index futures
- USD/COP edged higher by 0.01% to 3,652.31.
- BRL/COP rose 0.02% to 724.89.
- The US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.20%, trading at 98.96 at the time reported.
Summary note
Thursday's activity left the COLCAP lower at the close, with notable divergence among individual issues - a small group of stocks posted gains while several larger movers, particularly in mining and certain financial instruments, recorded steep declines. Commodity contracts and FX pairs showed mixed performances during the session.