Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Services and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC (CM:DPL), which rose 17.74% or 1.10 points to trade at 7.30 at the close. Lankem Developments PLC (CM:LDEV) added 15.79% or 0.60 points to end at 4.40 and Lanka Aluminium Industries PLC (CM:LALU) was up 14.65% or 9.20 points to 72.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taprobane Holdings PLC (CM:TAPR), which lost 18.18% or 1.00 points to trade at 4.50 in late trade. People`s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB) declined 11.11% or 1.50 points to end at 12.00 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) shed 10.11% or 11.30 points to 100.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 54 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.75% or 0.67 to $38.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.38% or 0.55 to hit $40.40 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1239.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.01% to 211.650, while USD/LKR fell 0.66% to 147.140.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.92.