Key Facts
The COLCAP equity index, Colombia’s main stock-market benchmark, fell 1.26% closing at 2,344.80, with energy and financial heavyweights leading the decline.
The Colombian peso strengthened sharply, with the USD/COP rate dropping 1.07% to 3,207 pesos per dollar, a move that defied the weaker tone in local equities.
Crude oil, the economy’s critical macro anchor, set a cautious backdrop pressuring shares of state-controlled oil champion Ecopetrol and dampening broad market appetite.
Trading volumes were thin and concentrated, with Novo-B falling 4.3% and DSV slipping 1.5%, together dominating the session’s most-active list in Bogotá.
