Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Stores & Supplies, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 25.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) added 24.93% or 271.40 points to end at 1360.00 and Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) was up 22.78% or 64.00 points to 344.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 24.62% or 640.10 points to trade at 1960.00 in late trade. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 20.88% or 475.00 points to end at 1800.00 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) shed 12.50% or 0.10 points to 0.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 151 to 36 and 30 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.77% or 0.68 to $39.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.59% or 0.64 to hit $40.97 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 3.39% or 41.70 to trade at $1271.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.11% to 204.765, while USD/LKR fell 1.08% to 143.440.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.93% at 94.81.