Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Engineering, Motors and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU), which rose 25.00% or 3.90 points to trade at 19.50 at the close. Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK) added 11.25% or 0.90 points to end at 8.90 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) was up 7.67% or 9.90 points to 138.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM), which lost 13.53% or 3.60 points to trade at 23.00 in late trade. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 12.98% or 298.20 points to end at 2000.00 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) shed 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 59 and 59 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $45.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.80% or 0.37 to hit $46.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.62% or 7.95 to trade at $1281.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 1.31% to 186.510, while USD/LKR rose 1.23% to 150.065.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 98.86.