Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Trading and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) added 19.01% or 116.60 points to end at 730.00 and Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT) was up 14.49% or 2.00 points to 15.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which lost 11.18% or 7.70 points to trade at 61.20 in late trade. Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) declined 9.09% or 4.00 points to end at 40.00 and Bogawantalawa Tea Estates PLC (CM:BOPL) shed 5.88% or 1.00 points to 16.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 58 and 50 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.28% or 0.18 to $63.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.70 to trade at $1332.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.39% to 218.635, while USD/LKR fell 0.25% to 155.560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.88.