Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Investment Trust, Power & Energy and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Chilaw Finance PLC (CM:CHIL), which rose 10.53% or 2.00 points to trade at 21.00 at the close. Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) added 9.81% or 17.20 points to end at 192.50 and Citrus Leisure PLC (CM:REEF) was up 8.57% or 0.90 points to 11.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK), which lost 12.50% or 0.20 points to trade at 1.40 in late trade. Colombo City Holdings PLC (CM:PHAR) declined 8.84% or 87.30 points to end at 900.10 and Hemas Power PLC (CM:HPWR) shed 5.65% or 1.30 points to 21.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 48 and 45 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.54% or 0.72 to $45.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.52% or 0.73 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.70% or 9.05 to trade at $1297.05 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.22% to 180.615, while USD/LKR fell 0.33% to 147.555.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 97.50.