Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Diversified Holdings, Plantations and Motors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 25.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.5000 and Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) was up 20.00% or 0.100 points to 0.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE), which lost 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 in late trade. Samson International PLC (CM:SIL) declined 15.58% or 14.80 points to end at 80.20 and Singer Sri Lanka PLC (CM:SINS) shed 9.55% or 3.80 points to 36.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 65 and 68 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.20% or 0.14 to $69.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $74.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1218.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.47% to 206.060, while USD/LKR rose 0.11% to 159.940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.08.