Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — July 7, 2026

Key Facts

COLCAP fell 0.25% to 2,290, handing back part of Friday’s rally as heavyweight energy and financial names dragged the benchmark lower

Ecopetrol plunged 8.5%, the single biggest weight on the index, undoing much of the post-election bounce as crude sagged

Grupo Cibest, Bancolombia’s parent, fell 5.3%, compounding the drag as financials joined energy on the downside

USD/COP held near 3,345, roughly 13.9% below its 52-week high and hugging the floor of a 3,332–3,887 range as the peso stayed firm

Brent slipped to about $72, pressured after OPEC+ approved an 188,000 barrel-a-day output rise for August, the macro anchor pulling Bogotá lower

Today’s Focus

Colombia’s COLCAP gave back part of Friday’s advance on July 6, easing 0.25% to 2,290 as its two heaviest sectors — energy and financials — turned sharply lower. State oil champion Ecopetrol was the epicentre, sliding 8.5% as crude buckled and lingering governance questions kept foreign desks cautious.

The move was concentrated rather than broad: Grupo Cibest, the holding company for lender Bancolombia, dropped 5.3%, but the peso barely flinched. USD/COP held near 3,345, a few pesos off the strong end of its 52-week range, so the local risk-off was an equity story, not a currency one.

Behind it sat oil. Brent slipped to about $72 a barrel after OPEC+ agreed to raise August output by 188,000 barrels a day, and for an index anchored by Ecopetrol that is the dominant signal.

All this landed hours before Colombia’s June inflation reading, seen accelerating to 6.09% year-on-year from 5.84% — a print that keeps the central bank’s 12% policy rate firmly in play.

What matters today. With Ecopetrol swinging the whole index, softer oil and a hot CPI risk keeping Bogotá’s equity bounce on a short leash even as the peso stays strong.

01 The session in one read

Colombia’s blue-chip COLCAP — the basket of the two-dozen most liquid stocks on the Bogotá exchange — slipped 0.25% to 2,290 on July 6, reversing a chunk of Friday’s rally. The damage was narrow but deep, concentrated in the index’s largest members.

Ecopetrol, the state-controlled oil producer that alone can decide whether the index is red or green, plunged 8.5% as crude prices sagged. Financial and energy names led the losses, with Grupo Cibest — the holding vehicle for Bancolombia, the country’s biggest lender — down 5.3%.

The peso, by contrast, sat still. USD/COP hovered near 3,345, a whisker off the strong end of its 52-week band, so the softness was an equity-desk story rather than a flight from Colombian assets.

The backdrop was a softer oil tape after OPEC+ waved through another supply increase — the one macro lever that matters most for an index this dependent on a single oil name.

Assessment — Oil and one stock still rule the tape HIGH

The evidence points one way: a 0.25% index dip masks an outsized 8.5% fall in Ecopetrol, so this was a concentration event, not a wholesale retreat, with the firm peso confirming that foreign money is not fleeing Colombian risk. The variable to watch is tonight’s CPI — a print at or above the 6.09% consensus would harden the case for the central bank staying restrictive, capping any equity rebound while underpinning the currency.

02 The day’s numbers

Measure

Level

Change

Read

COLCAP

2,290

−0.25%

Gave back part of Friday’s gain; energy and financials led lower

Colombia ETF proxy (GXG)

42.21

+0.31%

US-hours tracker rose even as local index fell — a timing gap, not a domestic signal

USD/COP

3,345

+0.01%

Peso flat and firm, ~13.9% below its 52-week high in a 3,332–3,887 range

S&P 500

7,537

+0.72%

Wall Street firm; no drag on Bogotá from the US tape

Brent crude

~$72

—

Slipped after OPEC+ August output hike — the index’s macro anchor

The split between the local COLCAP (−0.25%) and the New York-listed GXG proxy (+0.31%) is a matter of timing and composition, not disagreement — the US-hours ETF captures a different window than the Bogotá close. Treat the local index level as the true read on the session.

On positioning, the peso is the standout: near 3,345, USD/COP sits roughly 13.9% below its 52-week high, meaning the currency remains close to its strongest in years even as equities wobble.

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MSCI COLCAP · benchmark

2,295.85

+0.01%

L 9.02day rangeH 9.05

Market breadth · 9 names

78% advancing

7 ▲ advancing2 declining ▼

Currencies, rates & key inputs

USD / COP

3,342

-0.09%

Brent crude

72.82

+1.15%

WTI crude

69.31

+1.11%

Sector heatmap · average move today

Other

+1.11%

BRENT, WTI, SOUTHERN COPPER

Financials

+0.96%

BANCOLOMBIA, GRUPO AVAL, CREDICORP

Mining

+0.81%

BUENAVENTURA

Energy

-1.56%

ECOPETROL

Industrials

-2.36%

TECNOGLASS

Latin America scoreboard

IndexLastTodayStrength

IbovespaBrazil

172,448

-1.04%

S&P/BMV IPCMexico

67,466

+0.61%

S&P IPSAChile

10,821

+1.07%

S&P MERVALArgentina

3,267,482

+2.21%

MSCI COLCAPColombia

2,295.85

+0.01%

BVL S&P PerúPeru

55,976.67

+0.32%

Full instrument board

InstrumentLastChangeYoYPrev.HighLowVolume

COLCAP

2,295.85

+0.01%

—

9.04

9.05

9.02

4,133

USD/COP

3,342

-0.09%

-16.45%

3,345

3,349

3,342

—

BRENT

72.82

+1.15%

+4.66%

71.99

72.92

72.06

2,110

WTI

69.31

+1.11%

+2.03%

68.55

69.44

68.58

14,214

ECOPETROL

14.47

-1.56%

+63.13%

14.70

14.93

14.40

1,606,363

BANCOLOMBIA

80.90

+2.21%

+80.06%

79.15

81.30

79.89

173,081

GRUPO AVAL

5.08

+0.40%

+75.78%

5.06

5.22

5.06

58,859

TECNOGLASS

44.55

-2.36%

-41.81%

45.62

46.08

44.50

196,585

CREDICORP

392.32

+0.28%

+73.80%

391.21

398.58

389.46

272,496

BUENAVENTURA

29.96

+0.81%

+80.37%

29.72

30.45

29.64

584,060

SOUTHERN COPPER

173.87

+1.08%

+72.44%

172.01

176.38

173.32

663,734

Largest moves today

TECNOGLASS

44.55

-2.36%

BANCOLOMBIA

80.90

+2.21%

ECOPETROL

14.47

-1.56%

BRENT

72.82

+1.15%

WTI

69.31

+1.11%

SOUTHERN COPPER

173.87

+1.08%

BUENAVENTURA

29.96

+0.81%

GRUPO AVAL

5.08

+0.40%

The session read

The MSCI COLCAP rose 0.01%, with breadth positive — 7 of 9 names higher. Other led, while Industrials lagged.

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Ecopetrol SA ADR

ECOPETROL · NYSE / Colombia ADREnergyOil & Gas Integrated

Share price · live

$14.47

▼ -1.56% today

Market cap

$30.2 bn

2.1 bn shares

P / E

10.5

EPS 1.40

Dividend yield

4.4%

The company

Employees

—

Headquarters

Bogotá

Listed since

2007

Website

Ecopetrol S.A. operates as an integrated energy company. It operates through four segments: Exploration and Production; Transport and Logistics; Refining and Petrochemicals; and Energy transmission and Toll Roads Concessions. The Exploration and Production segment engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas. The Transport…

Financial performance · FY · COP

RevenueNet income

2023

COL$143.2 tn

COL$21.1 tn

2024

COL$133.3 tn

COL$13.8 tn

2025

COL$111.5 tn

COL$8.4 tn

Net income declined to COL$8.4 tn in 2025, from COL$21.1 tn in 2023.

Valuation & returns

EBITDA margin

34.4%

Net margin

7.5%

Return on equity

12.0%

Price / book

1.32

Enterprise value

$56.0 bn

Revenue growth · YoY

-8.7%

Latest earnings

Q1 2026 — reported EPS 0.36 vs 0.36 expected

Beat +0%

Peers & comparators

PETR4 · Petrobras

▼ -1.25%

YPF

▲ +1.36%

BRENT

▲ +1.15%

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03 Why it moved — a sinking oil price and one heavyweight stock

The trigger was crude. Brent eased to around $72 a barrel after OPEC+ approved a further 188,000 barrel-a-day output rise for August, adding to a run of supply increases as Gulf shipping normalises and Saudi exports rebound.

For Colombia that matters more than for most, because Ecopetrol dominates the index and its earnings track the oil price closely. The stock’s 8.5% slide was enough to tip an otherwise mixed tape firmly into the red.

Governance overhang compounds the sensitivity: Ecopetrol has spent much of 2026 wrestling with board and leadership questions that have repeatedly rattled the shares. With oil offering no cushion, there was little to offset the selling.

Financials did not help — Grupo Cibest’s 5.3% drop meant the two biggest sector weights fell together, a rare double drag on the benchmark.

04 The day’s movers

Driver

Level / Move

Change

Note

Ecopetrol

Heaviest index weight

−8.5%

State oil major; the day’s decisive drag as crude fell

Grupo Cibest (Bancolombia)

Largest lender’s parent

−5.3%

Financials joined energy on the downside

Brent crude

~$72/bbl

—

OPEC+ August output hike pressured the oil complex

USD/COP

3,345

+0.01%

Peso flat — no currency stress despite equity weakness

The proprietary scan’s most-traded field surfaced a cross-listed instrument (a Novo Nordisk line, −1.8%) rather than a domestic leader — that is a foreign tracker, not a Colombian company, and says nothing about the local board. The genuine domestic story sits with Ecopetrol and Cibest, both verified movers of the session.

With bellwethers ISA, Grupo Sura and GEB not among the day’s standout movers, the message is clear: this was an energy-and-banks decline, driven by the index’s two largest weights rather than a broad sell-off.

05 The regional scoreboard

Index

Country

Change

COLCAP

Colombia

−0.25%

Ibovespa

Brazil

—

S&P/BMV IPC

Mexico

—

S&P IPSA

Chile

—

S&P MERVAL

Argentina

—

Only Colombia’s July 6 move is independently verified here; the live market board above carries the region’s closes in full. The dashes are deliberate — where a same-session figure could not be confirmed, we leave it blank rather than guess.

Colombia’s dip stands out against a region that had been broadly firmer on a softer dollar, a reminder that Bogotá’s fortunes hinge less on the regional mood than on oil and one dominant stock.

06 The technical picture

At 2,290 the COLCAP is holding well within the range it has carved since the presidential vote, having rallied hard through June before this month’s chop. The 2,320 zone — the post-election high — remains the ceiling bulls need to reclaim.

The key near-term question is whether Ecopetrol’s slide finds a floor; because the stock so dominates the index, its chart is effectively the index’s chart. A stabilising oil price would remove the immediate pressure.

On the currency, USD/COP near 3,345 keeps the peso pinned to the strong end of its 3,332–3,887 range — the 3,332 low is the line that would confirm fresh multi-year peso strength if breached.

07 What to watch

Colombia CPI: June inflation, due tonight and seen at 6.09% year-on-year versus 5.84%; a hot print keeps the 12% policy rate restrictive and pressures equities

Ecopetrol: the index’s dominant weight — oil direction and any governance news will swing the whole COLCAP

Brent crude: below ~$72 after the OPEC+ August hike; further supply-led weakness feeds straight into Ecopetrol’s earnings and the index

The peso: USD/COP near the 3,332 floor of its 52-week range; a break would mark fresh peso strength and a supportive signal for local assets

Background: Colombia’s Stocks Hold Flat as the Peso Surges on Weak US Jobs Data.

Background: Colombia’s Market Slips as Ecopetrol Sinks While ETB Soars to a One-Year High.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why did the COLCAP fall on July 6?

It slipped 0.25% to 2,290, dragged by an 8.5% plunge in Ecopetrol and a 5.3% drop in Bancolombia’s parent Grupo Cibest, as softer oil hit the index’s heaviest names.

Did the peso weaken too?

No — USD/COP was essentially flat near 3,345 and remains roughly 13.9% below its 52-week high, so the day’s weakness was concentrated in equities, not the currency.

What drove the oil weakness?

Brent eased to about $72 after OPEC+ agreed to raise August output by 188,000 barrels a day, extending a run of supply increases as Gulf shipping normalises.

What’s the next catalyst?

Colombia’s June inflation reading, seen accelerating to 6.09% year-on-year; a firm print supports the central bank’s 12% rate and could cap any equity rebound.

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