Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Motors and Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Meanwhile, Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 25.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.500 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 8.89% or 2.80 points to 34.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which fell 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) declined 10.29% or 3.90 points to end at 34.00 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was down 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 87 to 77 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) fell to all time lows; falling 11.11% or 0.100 to 0.800.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.31% or 0.18 to $57.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $63.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.91 to trade at $1281.71 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.27% to 201.215, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 153.370.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.74.