Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Engineering, Trading and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 25.00% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.50 at the close. Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) added 12.14% or 27.60 points to end at 255.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 11.11% or 0.10 points to 1.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO), which lost 10.00% or 51.10 points to trade at 460.10 in late trade. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) declined 9.52% or 0.20 points to end at 2.10 and Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) shed 7.41% or 2.00 points to 25.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 156 to 57 and 24 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.51% or 0.21 to $42.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.88% or 0.39 to hit $44.53 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.44% or 4.70 to trade at $1073.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.11% to 216.700, while USD/LKR fell 0.13% to 142.075.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 99.31.