Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Footwear & Textile and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Renuka City Hotel PLC (CM:RENU), which rose 25.00% or 74.50 points to trade at 372.50 at the close. Ceylinco Insurance PLC (CM:CINS) added 16.71% or 208.80 points to end at 1458.00 and Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) was up 15.38% or 8.00 points to 60.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL), which lost 11.42% or 4.10 points to trade at 31.80 in late trade. Union Assurance PLC (CM:UAL) declined 11.37% or 16.30 points to end at 127.00 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) shed 10.91% or 6.00 points to 49.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 46 and 46 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.65% or 0.35 to $54.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.69% or 0.39 to hit $57.22 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.15% or 1.75 to trade at $1140.55 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.15% to 183.125, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 149.430.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 103.19.