Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Palm Oil and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.13% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ), which rose 24.13% or 10.40 points to trade at 53.50 at the close. F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) added 18.18% or 0.20 points to end at 1.30 and Kotagala Plantations PLC (CM:KOTA) was up 12.94% or 2.60 points to 22.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 23.06% or 599.70 points to trade at 2000.40 in late trade. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) declined 19.77% or 418.80 points to end at 1700.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) shed 11.11% or 0.10 points to 0.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 76 and 55 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.18% or 0.08 to $45.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $47.02 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.64% or 8.05 to trade at $1258.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.55% to 212.455, while USD/LKR fell 0.10% to 146.110.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.64% at 93.78.