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Colombia's COLCAP index rises 0.40% to record close, led by Industrials and Services

Colombia's COLCAP index rose 0.40% to a new all-time high on Friday, led by gains in Industrials, Services, and Agriculture sectors.

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Colombia's COLCAP index rose 0.40% to a new all-time high at the close of trading on the trading day. [1] Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana, known as Grupo Sura, announced that its board of directors approved a proposal to submit a share buyback program to its shareholders for up to $500 billion Colombian pesos. [2] Ecopetrol fell 2.17% to 2,705.00 on the trading day. [3] ETB (BVC:ETB) rose 11.93% to 122.00, reaching a three-year high on the trading day. [4] Grupo Sura stated that the initiative reflects its confidence in the potential appreciation of its shares against the current market price. [5] The company plans to fund the program by proposing a partial modification of its reserves, specifically transferring $363.223.584.731 Colombian pesos from untaxed occasional reserves to the reserve for share repurchases. [6] The proposed program covers the repurchase of ordinary shares and preferred dividend shares without voting rights. [7] The program is scheduled to be presented at an Extraordinary Shareholders' Assembly on September 10. [8] To fund the program, the Shareholders' Assembly must approve the transfer of approximately $363.2 billion from untaxed occasional reserves to the share buyback reserve. [9]
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  1. Colombia's COLCAP index rose 0.40% to a new all-time high at the close of trading on the trading day. · Investing.com
  2. Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana, known as Grupo Sura, announced that its board of directors approved a proposal to submit a share buyback program to its shareholders for up to $500 billion Colombian pesos. · El Colombiano
  3. Ecopetrol fell 2.17% to 2,705.00 on the trading day. · Investing.com
  4. ETB (BVC:ETB) rose 11.93% to 122.00, reaching a three-year high on the trading day. · Investing.com
  5. Grupo Sura stated that the initiative reflects its confidence in the potential appreciation of its shares against the current market price. · El Colombiano
  6. The company plans to fund the program by proposing a partial modification of its reserves, specifically transferring $363.223.584.731 Colombian pesos from untaxed occasional reserves to the reserve for share repurchases. · El Colombiano
  7. The proposed program covers the repurchase of ordinary shares and preferred dividend shares without voting rights. · El Colombiano
  8. The program is scheduled to be presented at an Extraordinary Shareholders' Assembly on September 10. · Valora Analitik
  9. To fund the program, the Shareholders' Assembly must approve the transfer of approximately $363.2 billion from untaxed occasional reserves to the share buyback reserve. · Valora Analitik
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