Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Motors, Investment Trust and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.700 and Asia Asset Finance Ltd (CM:ASAS) was up 10.00% or 0.100 points to 1.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which lost 19.72% or 16.70 points to trade at 68.00 in late trade. Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG) declined 14.53% or 8.50 points to end at 50.00 and Sunshine Holdings PLC (CM:SUN) shed 9.09% or 5.00 points to 50.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 92 to 81 and 48 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.00% or 0.70 to $69.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.17% or 0.94 to hit $79.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1226.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.08% to 224.860, while USD/LKR rose 0.15% to 171.290.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.25.