Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Construction & Engineering and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 27.27% or 0.300 points to trade at 1.400 at the close. Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) added 24.99% or 599.80 points to end at 3000.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 20.00% or 0.1000 points to 0.6000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which lost 22.72% or 14.70 points to trade at 50.00 in late trade. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 13.10% or 7.60 points to end at 50.40 and Lankem Developments PLC (CM:LDEV) shed 12.50% or 0.400 points to 2.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 83 and 45 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.57% or 0.31 to $54.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.64% or 0.36 to hit $56.30 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1238.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.28% to 188.705, while USD/LKR fell 0.23% to 151.470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 101.64.