Key Facts
The COLCAP rose 0.24% to 2,350.44, extending its cautious recovery in a session dominated by a stronger peso and firm crude prices.
The Colombian peso leapt 0.83% against the dollar to 3,181, putting it within striking distance of its 52-week high and marking one of its strongest sessions in weeks.
Oil, Colombia’s macroeconomic anchor, provided the day’s core logic, though local equities struggled for direction amid thin turnover and legacy energy-sector uncertainty.
Trading volumes were concentrated in a handful of names, with turnover thin across the board. The clearer read came from New York, where Colombia’s biggest companies carry liquid dollar listings: Ecopetrol’s ADR jumped 6.16% and Bancolombia’s edged up 0.12%, while Grupo Aval’s fell 3.58%.
