Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Plantations and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.25% 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. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 20.00% or 0.200 points to end at 1.200 and Ceylon Cold Stores PLC (CM:CCS) was up 19.37% or 68.80 points to 424.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 20.87% or 474.90 points to trade at 1800.10 in late trade. Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC (CM:DPL) declined 17.24% or 2.50 points to end at 12.00 and Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) shed 8.75% or 3.50 points to 36.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 113 and 15 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.01% or 0.49 to $49.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.75% or 0.94 to hit $54.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.58% or 6.30 to trade at $1087.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.27% to 209.780, while USD/LKR rose 0.55% to 134.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 97.38.