
Colombia's retail sales in January rose 8.8% year-on-year, according to official data released Thursday.

Colombia's retail sales in January rose 8.8% year-on-year, according to official data released Thursday.

Colombia's benchmark IGBC stock index edged up 0.2% to a new all-time record high of 12,066.36 points Thursday, led by Canada-listed oil firm Pacific Rubiales, which rose 1.26% to COP38,300.

Colombia's benchmark IGBC rose 1.3% to 12,046.44 points, the first time it has ever closed above 12,000 points.

Brazilian power company MPX Energia SA is planning to invest 3.4 billion Brazilian reals ($1.9 billion) over the next ten years to produce coal in Colombia, it said late Tuesday in a statement.

Colombia imported $2.7 billion of goods and services in January, including freight and insurance costs, down 3.1% from January 2009, the country's national statistics agency, DANE, said Tuesday.

Colombia's industrial recession has ended, according to new figures from a National Business Association survey.

Colombia's state-run Empresa de Telecomunicaciones (ETB) saw its worst intra-day price in two weeks as its search for a partner continues.
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