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Friday, June 10, 2011

Colombia Stocks Fall, Led By Nutresa; Peso Weakens

Colombian stocks declined Friday, pulled lower by a drop in shares of Grupo Nutresa S.A. (NUTRESA.BO) after the food company launched a public share offering at a fixed price below its trading price.

The IGBC index, considered the market's benchmark, fell 0.12% to close at 14406.57 points.

So far in 2011, the index is down 7%.

Shares of Nutresa, Colombia's largest food processor, fell 3.69% to close at COP23,000 ($12.90).

The company on Friday offered 25 million ordinary new shares at a price of COP20,900.

The peso, meanwhile, weakened slightly to close Friday at COP1,777.40 to the dollar from COP1,771.50 a day earlier.

The yield on the peso denominated local bond known as TES due in 2020 stood at 7.855% at the close after opening at 7.790%.

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