Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Trading and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Industries PLC (CM:CIND), which rose 101.91% or 58.60 points to trade at 116.10 at the close. Lee Hedges PLC (CM:SHAW) added 17.07% or 64.00 points to end at 439.00 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) was up 9.33% or 3.50 points to 41.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which lost 19.44% or 17.50 points to trade at 72.50 in late trade. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 16.48% or 375.00 points to end at 1900.00 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) shed 8.24% or 2.80 points to 31.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 82 and 55 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $41.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.25% or 0.11 to hit $43.80 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.94% or 12.55 to trade at $1347.05 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.36% to 191.550, while USD/LKR fell 0.69% to 144.770.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 96.53.