Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Stores & Supplies, Motors and Palm Oil sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which rose 24.72% or 445.00 points to trade at 2245.00 at the close. Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) added 15.00% or 8.40 points to end at 64.40 and Millennium Housing Developers PLC (CM:MHDL) was up 14.10% or 1.10 points to 8.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 23.96% or 545.00 points to trade at 1730.00 in late trade. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 23.86% or 596.30 points to end at 1903.10 and PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) shed 16.67% or 0.10 points to 0.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 80 and 19 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.15% or 0.07 to $46.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.46% or 0.23 to hit $48.80 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.00 to trade at $1107.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.66% to 219.495, while USD/LKR rose 0.88% to 142.670.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 98.13.