Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Motors and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Lankem Ceylon PLC (CM:LCEY), which rose 17.52% or 7.20 points to trade at 48.30 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) was up 11.97% or 40.10 points to 375.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC (CM:DPL), which lost 9.09% or 0.80 points to trade at 8.00 in late trade. Sierra Cables PLC (CM:SIRA) declined 7.14% or 0.200 points to end at 2.600 and Chemanex PLC (CM:CHMX) shed 4.96% or 2.80 points to 53.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 67 and 44 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.14% or 0.08 to $55.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $61.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.51 to trade at $1278.21 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.11% to 202.690, while USD/LKR fell 0.08% to 153.690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.83.