Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Information Technology and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which rose 16.50% or 49.50 points to trade at 349.50 at the close. Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) added 12.89% or 2.50 points to end at 21.90 and Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) was up 9.84% or 3.70 points to 41.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which lost 15.09% or 24.90 points to trade at 140.10 in late trade. Lanka Ventures PLC (CM:LVEN) declined 11.11% or 5.00 points to end at 40.00 and EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) shed 10.15% or 135.60 points to 1200.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 83 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.33% or 1.02 to $44.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.90% or 0.85 to hit $45.47 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.55 to trade at $1279.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.22% to 211.815, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 145.885.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 93.67.