Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Trading, Stores & Supplies and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 22.88% or 69.80 points to end at 374.90 and People`s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB) was up 13.92% or 3.30 points to 27.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 17.34% or 215.00 points to trade at 1025.00 in late trade. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) shed 9.09% or 0.10 points to 1.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 136 to 73 and 13 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.52% or 0.79 to $52.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.20% or 0.69 to hit $57.73 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1161.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.52% to 204.170, while USD/LKR fell 0.53% to 132.890.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 96.70.