Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Trading, Information Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.61%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 50.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.3000 and C W Mackie PLC (CM:CWM) was up 24.89% or 11.70 points to 58.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which fell 12.71% or 6.10 points to trade at 41.90 at the close. Eden Hotel Lanka PLC (CM:EDEN) declined 9.09% or 1.00 points to end at 10.00 and Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) was down 7.49% or 108.60 points to 1341.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 152 to 33 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200. Shares in Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) fell to 5-year lows; down 12.71% or 6.10 to 41.90. Shares in Eden Hotel Lanka PLC (CM:EDEN) fell to 5-year lows; losing 9.09% or 1.00 to 10.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.35% or 0.17 to $48.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.45% or 0.23 to hit $51.65 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.35 to trade at $1251.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.57% to 188.960, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 152.020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.68.