Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Trading, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which rose 16.28% or 98.00 points to trade at 700.00 at the close. Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) added 11.11% or 0.20 points to end at 2.00 and PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) was up 10.00% or 0.10 points to 1.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) declined 9.25% or 148.00 points to end at 1452.00 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) shed 7.14% or 0.10 points to 1.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 142 to 61 and 19 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.89% or 0.47 to $52.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.05% or 0.61 to hit $58.06 a barrel, while the August Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1153.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.59% to 209.685, while USD/LKR rose 0.27% to 134.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.79.