Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Land & Property, Power & Energy and Plantations sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Property Development PLC (CM:PDL), which rose 25.00% or 22.50 points to trade at 112.50 at the close. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 0.6000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY), which lost 12.41% or 54.60 points to trade at 385.40 in late trade. Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) declined 6.82% or 0.60 points to end at 8.20 and Renuka Agri Foods PLC (CM:RAFL) shed 4.17% or 0.100 points to 2.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 38 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.24% or 0.16 to $66.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.40% or 0.29 to hit $71.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.82% or 11.10 to trade at $1348.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.14% to 220.680, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 155.740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 89.46.