Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials & Insurance, Power & Energy and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
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. Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) added 22.85% or 93.00 points to end at 500.00 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 22.22% or 0.200 points to 1.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL), which lost 12.66% or 5.80 points to trade at 40.00 in late trade. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and eChannelling PLC (CM:ECL) shed 7.41% or 0.60 points to 7.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 136 to 62 and 48 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.75% or 0.38 to $51.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.39% or 0.22 to hit $56.83 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.95 to trade at $1291.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.13% to 202.490, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 153.490.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.06.