Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Construction & Engineering and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 16.67% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.7000 at the close. Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) added 16.00% or 4.00 points to end at 29.00 and Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included People’s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB), which lost 10.87% or 1.50 points to trade at 12.30 in late trade. Asian Hotels and Properties PLC (CM:AHPL) declined 7.24% or 3.90 points to end at 50.00 and Colombo City Holdings PLC (CM:PHAR) shed 6.88% or 66.50 points to 900.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 60 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.48% or 0.27 to $56.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.69% or 0.42 to hit $61.64 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 9.00 to trade at $1257.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.20% to 205.590, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 153.370.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.67.