Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Motors and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 25.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.500 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 8.89% or 2.80 points to 34.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which lost 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 in late trade. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) declined 10.29% or 3.90 points to end at 34.00 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) shed 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 77 and 58 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.30% or 0.17 to $57.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $63.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.93 to trade at $1281.73 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.27% to 201.215, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 153.370.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.74.