Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Information Technology and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.09%.
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 50.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.300 and J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) was up 23.53% or 120.00 points to 630.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Colombo City Holdings PLC (CM:PHAR), which lost 13.33% or 115.40 points to trade at 750.00 in late trade. Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) declined 12.97% or 55.90 points to end at 375.10 and Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT) shed 10.91% or 1.80 points to 14.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 69 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.44% or 0.29 to $64.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.56% or 0.39 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.60 to trade at $1330.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.61% to 220.895, while USD/LKR rose 0.07% to 156.170.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.30.