Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power & Energy, Healthcare and Land & Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) added 14.53% or 241.00 points to end at 1900.00 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU), which lost 21.14% or 6.70 points to trade at 25.00 in late trade. Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) declined 11.54% or 91.30 points to end at 700.00 and PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) shed 10.00% or 0.10 points to 1.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 158 to 64 and 15 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 4.52% or 1.75 to $40.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 4.31% or 1.86 to hit $45.00 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.17% or 1.90 to trade at $1126.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.11% to 209.380, while USD/LKR rose 0.74% to 135.255.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.43.