Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Plantations and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE), which rose 22.22% or 0.40 points to trade at 2.20 at the close. Alufab PLC (CM:ALUF) added 18.99% or 8.30 points to end at 52.00 and Commercial Development Company PLC (CM:COMD) was up 16.25% or 13.00 points to 93.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT), which lost 10.76% or 1.70 points to trade at 14.10 in late trade. Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) declined 7.39% or 199.60 points to end at 2501.10 and Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) shed 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 110 to 65 and 40 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.18% or 0.55 to $46.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.53% or 0.74 to hit $47.73 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.28% or 3.75 to trade at $1339.05 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 1.01% to 194.340, while USD/LKR rose 0.26% to 146.825.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 96.34.