Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Land & Property and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 16.67% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.7000 at the close. Ceylon Cold Stores PLC (CM:CCS) added 14.74% or 109.20 points to end at 850.00 and Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) was up 13.68% or 118.40 points to 984.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL), which lost 11.21% or 1.20 points to trade at 9.50 in late trade. Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) declined 10.99% or 8.90 points to end at 72.10 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) shed 10.83% or 3.90 points to 32.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 80 and 41 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $47.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $48.94 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1186.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.02% to 185.780, while USD/LKR rose 0.09% to 149.440.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 101.68.