Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Power & Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 25.00% or 0.10 points to end at 0.50 and Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) was up 24.99% or 617.00 points to 3086.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 21.42% or 498.70 points to trade at 1830.00 at the close. Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) declined 15.39% or 400.10 points to end at 2200.00 and Bukit Darah PLC (CM:BUKI) was down 13.15% or 66.80 points to 441.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 169 to 57 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) rose to 3-years highs; rising 24.99% or 617.00 to 3086.00. Shares in Bukit Darah PLC (CM:BUKI) fell to 5-year lows; losing 13.15% or 66.80 to 441.10.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.45% or 0.74 to $31.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.91% or 0.59 to hit $31.54 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.50 to trade at $1081.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.39% to 208.095, while USD/LKR rose 0.17% to 144.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 99.32.