Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Palm Oil, Trading and Plantations sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH), which rose 13.77% or 1.90 points to trade at 15.70 at the close. Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK) added 12.68% or 0.90 points to end at 8.00 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) was up 11.48% or 3.50 points to 34.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which lost 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 in late trade. Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG) declined 7.27% or 8.00 points to end at 102.00 and Palm Garden Hotels PLC (CM:PALM) shed 7.14% or 2.40 points to 31.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 127 to 43 and 45 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.18% or 0.56 to $47.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.13% or 0.55 to hit $49.35 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1366.55 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.76% to 187.830, while USD/LKR fell 0.19% to 145.355.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 96.10.