Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Palm Oil, Telecoms and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which rose 15.75% or 96.60 points to trade at 710.00 at the close. ACME Printing and Packaging PLC (CM:ACME) added 15.52% or 0.90 points to end at 6.70 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI), which lost 10.97% or 68.00 points to trade at 552.00 in late trade. Amaya Leisure PLC (CM:CONN) declined 9.09% or 4.80 points to end at 48.00 and Eden Hotel Lanka PLC (CM:EDEN) shed 6.25% or 1.00 points to 15.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 58 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.56% or 0.37 to $65.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.45% or 0.32 to hit $71.36 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.80 to trade at $1349.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.35% to 221.015, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 155.710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.20.