Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power & Energy, Telecoms and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 20.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.6000 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and C W Mackie PLC (CM:CWM) was up 10.42% or 4.70 points to 49.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 19.87% or 297.60 points to trade at 1200.00 in late trade. Colombo Fort Investments PLC (CM:CFI) declined 13.33% or 8.00 points to end at 52.00 and Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT) shed 9.56% or 44.40 points to 420.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 69 and 64 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.42% or 0.93 to $64.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.47% or 1.10 to hit $73.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 9.40 to trade at $1265.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 1.07% to 209.015, while USD/LKR fell 0.31% to 159.410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 95.17.