Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Services and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.84% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) added 25.00% or 0.200 points to end at 1.000 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 20.00% or 0.200 points to 1.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI), which lost 16.07% or 449.90 points to trade at 2350.00 in late trade. Commercial Leasing & Finance PLC (CM:COLE) declined 6.90% or 0.200 points to end at 2.700 and Ceylon Tea Brokers PLC (CM:CEYL) shed 5.71% or 0.200 points to 3.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 166 to 36 and 42 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.92% or 0.47 to $51.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.85% or 0.46 to hit $54.63 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.65 to trade at $1254.75 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.30% to 189.505, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 151.840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 100.43.