Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO), which rose 19.28% or 319.90 points to trade at 1978.90 at the close. Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 17.41% or 51.90 points to end at 350.00 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 17.05% or 230.20 points to 1580.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 23.08% or 600.10 points to trade at 2000.00 in late trade. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 11.21% or 255.00 points to end at 2020.00 and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) shed 7.49% or 113.40 points to 1400.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 57 and 44 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.95% or 0.83 to $41.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.70% or 0.75 to hit $43.28 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.33% or 4.20 to trade at $1250.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.04% to 209.810, while USD/LKR fell 0.23% to 145.830.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 94.05.