Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Stores & Supplies, Healthcare and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.36% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Colombo Investment Trust PLC (CM:CIT), which rose 14.00% or 14.00 points to trade at 114.00 at the close. Hayleys Fibre PLC (CM:HEXP) added 13.50% or 7.60 points to end at 63.90 and EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) was up 12.48% or 149.80 points to 1350.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 22.31% or 580.10 points to trade at 2020.00 in late trade. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) declined 12.69% or 268.80 points to end at 1850.00 and Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) shed 11.00% or 9.90 points to 80.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 70 and 45 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.07% or 0.03 to $44.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.64% or 0.29 to hit $45.81 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.83% or 10.55 to trade at $1275.35 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.11% to 210.695, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 145.795.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 94.07.