Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power & Energy and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI), which rose 23.64% or 34.40 points to trade at 179.90 at the close. Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) added 13.21% or 5.60 points to end at 48.00 and Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) was up 13.00% or 39.00 points to 339.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ), which lost 17.00% or 6.80 points to trade at 33.20 in late trade. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and City Housing and Real Estate Company PLC (CM:CHOU) shed 8.05% or 0.70 points to 8.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 73 and 43 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 5.81% or 2.63 to $47.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 6.36% or 3.01 to hit $50.33 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1189.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.10% to 185.075, while USD/LKR unchanged 0.00% to 148.185.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 101.15.