Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Footwear & Textile and Banking, Financials & Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.94% 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 22.60% or 92.00 points to end at 499.00 and Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) was up 17.82% or 3.60 points to 23.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which lost 18.18% or 0.200 points to trade at 0.900 in late trade. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) declined 7.69% or 0.100 points to end at 1.200 and Ceylon Tea Brokers PLC (CM:CEYL) shed 7.02% or 0.400 points to 5.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 136 to 67 and 46 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.05% or 0.54 to $50.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.83% or 0.47 to hit $56.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.44 to trade at $1297.34 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.15% to 203.040, while USD/LKR rose 0.12% to 153.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.89.