Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Plantations and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 25.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.5000 at the close. Meanwhile, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 25.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.500 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alufab PLC (CM:ALUF), which fell 12.31% or 2.40 points to trade at 17.10 at the close. Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK) declined 8.26% or 0.90 points to end at 10.00 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) was down 7.89% or 2.40 points to 28.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 90 to 74 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) rose to 5-year lows; gaining 25.00% or 0.1000 to 0.5000.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $69.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $79.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.30 to trade at $1208.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.71% to 219.740, while USD/LKR rose 0.43% to 166.560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.00.