Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Trading, Information Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.61%.
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. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 50.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.3000 and C W Mackie PLC (CM:CWM) was up 24.89% or 11.70 points to 58.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which lost 12.71% or 6.10 points to trade at 41.90 in late trade. Eden Hotel Lanka PLC (CM:EDEN) declined 9.09% or 1.00 points to end at 10.00 and Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) shed 7.49% or 108.60 points to 1341.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 152 to 33 and 53 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.35% or 0.17 to $48.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.45% or 0.23 to hit $51.65 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.35 to trade at $1251.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.57% to 188.960, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 152.020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.68.