Colombia Stock Market Jumps 2.4% as Oil Eases Before Vote
Colombia stock market report: the MSCI COLCAP jumped 2.37% to 2,132.79 on Monday, its sharpest session in weeks, as a market at cycle-low oversold readings rebounded with the regional oil relief that lifted Brazil the same day. It reclaimed the 2,095–2,098 cluster and the 2,108.50 cloud top in one candle. With the May 31 first round six days out and a poll blackout active, the move reads as oversold mean-reversion, not a verdict on the vote. BanRep stays at 11.25%.
The Big Three
The COLCAP closed Monday at 2,132.79 (+2.37%, +49.40 pts) on an open-near-low, close-near-high candle from 2,079.55 to a 2,137.04 high, recovering the prior week’s election losses and lifting the index above the cluster that had capped rallies since mid-May.
The trigger was twofold: an index at the deepest oversold of the cycle, RSI pinned near 35 for two weeks, and the weekend Iran oil relief that pushed Brent below $100 and revived regional risk appetite. Brazil rose the same day; Colombia snapped back harder from the lower base.
The dominant variable remains the calendar. The May 31 first round is six days away, public campaigning ended Sunday, and a seven-day poll blackout has cut the market’s main information channel. Invamer’s last read had Iván Cepeda at 44.3%, short of an outright majority, with the anti-Petro vote split between De la Espriella and Valencia, keeping a June 21 runoff the base case.
02 Session Data
| Metric | Value | Change | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLCAP close | 2,132.79 | +2.37% | Open-near-low, close-near-high |
| Intraday range | 2,076–2,137 | +49.40 pts | Sharpest session in weeks |
| Open | 2,079.55 | — | Rallied through the session |
| Kijun / BB-mid cluster | 2,095–2,098 | Reclaimed | Capped rallies since May 12 |
| Cloud top | 2,108.50 | Reclaimed | First flip to support |
| RSI (fast/slow) | 45.51 / 36.11 | Fast > slow | Up from oversold |
| MACD (hist/line/signal) | +1.61 / −37.97 / −39.58 | Hist turned green | Bullish cross forming below zero |
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+0.49%
172,812.43
-0.32%
66,125.27
-0.74%
10,957.23
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3,281,489
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2,309.56
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| Instrument | Last | Change | YoY | Prev. | High | Low | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLCAP | 2,309.56 | +0.49% | — | 9.04 | 9.05 | 9.02 | 4,133 |
| USD/COP | 3,225 | -1.35% | -19.79% | 3,269 | 3,255 | 3,224 | — |
| BRENT | 91.06 | +2.06% | +31.57% | 89.22 | 91.97 | 87.88 | 35,138 |
| WTI | 84.25 | +1.23% | +25.37% | 83.23 | 85.03 | 81.39 | 216,533 |
| ECOPETROL | 16.35 | +2.00% | +86.43% | 16.03 | 16.74 | 16.17 | 1,219,131 |
| BANCOLOMBIA | 83.27 | +3.03% | +82.54% | 80.82 | 83.33 | 81.03 | 77,084 |
| GRUPO AVAL | 5.01 | +1.21% | +66.67% | 4.95 | 5.06 | 4.97 | 21,983 |
| TECNOGLASS | 45.95 | -0.36% | -38.38% | 46.11 | 46.72 | 45.22 | 36,814 |
| CREDICORP | 394.51 | +1.98% | +74.28% | 386.85 | 396.15 | 389.79 | 102,792 |
| BUENAVENTURA | 31.18 | +3.73% | +79.29% | 30.06 | 31.30 | 30.06 | 412,498 |
| SOUTHERN COPPER | 186.21 | +6.36% | +96.85% | 175.07 | 186.21 | 179.97 | 704,897 |
03 Why It Rose
Local Driver: a deeply oversold index snaps back from cycle lows
The COLCAP came into Monday stretched after weeks of election-driven selling that pinned the RSI near 35 at the bottom of its Bollinger band — the setup that produces violent mean-reversion on any excuse. Monday supplied one: the index reclaimed the 2,095–2,098 cluster that had capped bounces since May 12 and pushed through the 2,108.50 cloud top.
External Trigger: the regional Iran oil relief lifts Latin America
Over the weekend Trump posted that an Iran framework was “largely negotiated,” with a Hormuz reopening floated, and Brent fell below $100. With Wall Street closed for Memorial Day, the markets hit hardest on Friday’s Iran snag — Colombia and Brazil — led the rebound, and Colombia, far more oversold, snapped back hardest.
§04 · Market Commentary
This was a technical bounce given permission by an external tailwind, not a re-rating of Colombian risk. The election overhang that drove the COLCAP to its lowest close since November was simply overwhelmed for one session by an index too stretched to fall further.
The durable driver is still six days away, and with polls dark every move is a Bayesian update on whispers. Cepeda’s 44.3% ceiling sits below an outright majority, so a June 21 runoff is the base case, with head-to-heads favoring the anti-Petro arithmetic the market prefers. Colombia sat near the bottom of the LATAM ladder alongside Brazil, while Mexico held on its EU pact and Argentina led the region.
05 Technical Snapshot
The COLCAP at 2,132.79 has reclaimed the 2,095–2,098 cluster and the 2,108.50 cloud top in one move, flipping the first resistance band to support. The MACD has formed a bullish cross below zero — line −37.97 above signal −39.58, histogram green at +1.61 — and RSI fast 45.51 has crossed above slow 36.11, off the cycle’s deepest oversold but still shy of the midline.
06 Forward Look
07 Questions & Answers
Verdict
Colombia delivered the sharpest LATAM rebound on Monday, but the +2.37% candle is an oversold index meeting a regional oil tailwind, not a verdict on the vote. The breakout is real — cluster and cloud top reclaimed, MACD crossed — yet it sits beneath the 20-DMA with RSI under the midline, and every prior bounce has been sold. The durable driver is the May 31 first round, six days out behind the poll blackout, where Cepeda’s sub-majority ceiling keeps a June runoff the base case.
Related: Fri May 22 poll blackout report · May 21 oversold bounce · Election vs LATAM rebound.
Oversold markets bounce; the ballot is the part that does not mean-revert.
Disclaimer: This report is editorial market analysis based on publicly available data. It is not investment advice. Markets carry risk; consult a licensed professional before trading.
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