Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Healthcare and Land & Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which rose 19.69% or 263.00 points to trade at 1599.00 at the close. Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) added 15.98% or 261.60 points to end at 1899.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which lost 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.100 in late trade. Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD) declined 25.00% or 3375.00 points to end at 10125.00 and Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) shed 17.03% or 13.40 points to 65.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 75 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.03% or 0.48 to $45.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.78% or 0.38 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.67 to trade at $1270.27 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.12% to 194.620, while USD/LKR fell 0.04% to 152.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.03.