Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Stores & Supplies, Footwear & Textile and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.12% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT), which rose 20.43% or 83.80 points to trade at 494.00 at the close. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) added 17.57% or 9.70 points to end at 64.90 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 14.12% or 86.60 points to 700.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ), which lost 20.23% or 8.90 points to trade at 35.10 in late trade. EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) declined 15.82% or 189.90 points to end at 1010.10 and Ceylon and Foreign Trades PLC (CM:CFT) shed 12.50% or 0.70 points to 4.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 60 and 57 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.31% or 0.87 to $67.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.09% or 0.78 to hit $72.36 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.80 to trade at $1351.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.73% to 222.000, while USD/LKR fell 0.04% to 156.330.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.34.