Colombian stocks ended Tuesday's session with gains, a move powered by advances across the Industrials, Services and Agriculture sectors. At the close, the COLCAP benchmark was up 2.71%.
Among individual components, Cementos Argos Pf (BVC:PFCEMARGOS) finished the day as one of the stronger performers, rising 1.53% - an increase of 180.00 points - to settle at 11,980.00. Grupo Bolivar SA (BVC:GRUBOLIVAR) added 0.61%, or 440.00 points, closing at 72,900.00. Corporacion Financiera Colombiana (BVC:PFCORFICOL) advanced 0.50%, up 80.00 points to 16,140.00.
Not all large-cap names participated in the rally. Mineros SA (BVC:MINEROS) led declines, falling 5.94% - a drop of 920.00 points - to finish at 14,560.00. Grupo Argos SA (BVC:GRUPOARGOS) lost 4.39%, down 740.00 points to 16,100.00, while Banco De Bogota SA (BVC:BOGOTA) declined 2.83%, or 1,100.00 points, to close at 37,720.00.
On market breadth, the session recorded an anomalous reading in the exchange's summary data: falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombia Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Commodities traded with modest losses. US coffee C for July delivery was down 0.28%, or 0.70, to $245.20. US cocoa for July delivery declined 0.60%, or 23.00, to $3,808.00. The August Gold Futures contract fell 1.80%, a decrease of 78.55, to trade at $4,284.85 a troy ounce.
Foreign-exchange pairs tied to the Colombian peso moved little. USD/COP was reported down 0.00% at 3,577.26, while BRL/COP slipped 0.02% to 691.33. On broader currency markets, the US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 99.98.
This market snapshot captures closing prices and percentage changes across the main Colombian index, selected large-cap stocks and several commodity and currency instruments as reported at the end of trade on Tuesday.