Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction & Engineering, Healthcare and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.73% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 20.00% or 0.20 points to end at 1.20 and Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) was up 14.35% or 3.20 points to 25.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which lost 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.000 in late trade. Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) declined 8.33% or 149.90 points to end at 1650.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) shed 8.33% or 0.10 points to 1.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 161 to 77 and 6 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.49% or 0.23 to $47.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.43% or 0.23 to hit $53.07 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1095.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.20% to 207.910, while USD/LKR fell 0.29% to 133.190.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.72.