Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC (CM:CHOT), which rose 1000.00% or 16.45 points to trade at 17.20 at the close. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 100.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.2000 and Ceylon Tea Brokers PLC (CM:CEYL) was up 17.78% or 0.800 points to 5.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which lost 17.33% or 52.00 points to trade at 248.00 in late trade. Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) declined 16.67% or 0.200 points to end at 1.000 and Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) shed 10.85% or 49.90 points to 410.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 85 and 55 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.07% or 0.56 to $52.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.52% or 0.30 to hit $57.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1287.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was unchanged 0.00% to 205.160, while USD/LKR rose 0.08% to 153.220.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.11.