Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Engineering, Telecoms and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) added 16.67% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) was up 12.50% or 50.00 points to 450.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which lost 22.77% or 16.30 points to trade at 55.30 in late trade. Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Union Assurance PLC (CM:UAL) shed 9.79% or 22.80 points to 210.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 78 and 55 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.52% or 1.03 to $66.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.37% or 1.00 to hit $71.90 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.02% or 12.50 to trade at $1215.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.28% to 208.100, while USD/LKR rose 0.08% to 160.040.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 95.25.