Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power & Energy, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Land & Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.27%.
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. East West Properties PLC (CM:EAST) added 43.04% or 6.80 points to end at 22.60 and Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) was up 24.91% or 13.50 points to 67.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which lost 18.05% or 2312.50 points to trade at 10500.00 in late trade. Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) declined 8.41% or 4.60 points to end at 50.10 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) shed 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 127 to 62 and 42 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $61.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $64.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.50 to trade at $1326.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.03% to 215.705, while USD/LKR rose 0.09% to 155.510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.75.