Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Land & Property, Stores & Supplies and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which rose 21.57% or 11.00 points to trade at 62.00 at the close. Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) added 9.45% or 7.60 points to end at 88.00 and Namunukula Plantations PLC (CM:NAMU) was up 8.97% or 6.50 points to 79.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which lost 14.55% or 8.70 points to trade at 51.10 in late trade. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 8.57% or 4.80 points to end at 51.20 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) shed 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 68 and 64 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.13% or 0.06 to $46.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $48.94 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.85 to trade at $1326.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.10% to 192.905, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 145.680.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.61.