Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plantations, Footwear & Textile and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH), which rose 16.43% or 236.90 points to trade at 1678.90 at the close. Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 14.29% or 0.1000 points to 0.8000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which lost 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 in late trade. Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV) declined 6.90% or 4.00 points to end at 54.00 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) shed 4.91% or 1.30 points to 25.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 76 and 61 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.93% or 0.99 to $50.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.69% or 0.91 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.17 to trade at $1256.27 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.07% to 197.710, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 152.640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.08.