Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Plantations and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 25.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.5000 at the close. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 25.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.500 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alufab PLC (CM:ALUF), which lost 12.31% or 2.40 points to trade at 17.10 in late trade. Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK) declined 8.26% or 0.90 points to end at 10.00 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) shed 7.89% or 2.40 points to 28.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 74 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $69.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $79.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.30 to trade at $1208.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.71% to 219.740, while USD/LKR rose 0.43% to 166.560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.01.