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IGBC index rises led by Ecopetrol; Peso stronger

by Adriaan Alsema August 4, 2010
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The Colombian IGBC stock index Tuesday rose, led by shares of state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol SA which announced it agreed to buy the assets of BP PLC in Colombia.

The IGBC benchmark index rose 0.7% to 13,428.40 points. The Colcap index, which includes the largest companies by market capitalization, rose 0.8% to 1,586.92 points.

Shares of Ecopetrol increased 3.2% to 3,245 Colombian pesos ($1.77), a record high after it said it will pay $1.9 billion with Canadian oil company Talisman Energy to buy the Colombian assets of U.K. giant BP. Ecopetrol will have a controlling 51% stake and Talisman will own 49%.

BP is unloading its Colombian operations as part of $30 billion asset-disposal program to pay for the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Colombia-traded shares of oil firm Pacific Rubiales Energy rose 1.4% to COP44,680.

The Colombian peso strengthened to COP1,831.35 from COP1,831.8 on Monday.

The yield on the benchmark Colombian peso-denominated government bond, or TES, maturing in 2020, rose to 7.445% from 7.42% on Monday. (Inti Landauro / Dow Jones)

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