Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Trading and Stores & Supplies sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 33.33% or 0.2000 points to end at 0.8000 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT), which lost 17.03% or 24.70 points to trade at 120.30 in late trade. Kotagala Plantations PLC (CM:KOTA) declined 16.67% or 3.00 points to end at 15.00 and Tokyo Cement Company Lanka PLC (CM:TKYO) shed 16.45% or 12.70 points to 64.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 73 and 59 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.23% or 0.11 to $48.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $50.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.66 to trade at $1266.34 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.41% to 196.365, while USD/LKR rose 0.12% to 152.970.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.10.