Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Beverages & Tobacco and Investment Trust sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW), which rose 22.48% or 134.90 points to trade at 735.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) added 11.11% or 3.40 points to end at 34.00 and Citrus Leisure PLC (CM:REEF) was up 9.88% or 0.80 points to 8.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which fell 22.58% or 350.00 points to trade at 1200.00 at the close. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) declined 20.00% or 175.00 points to end at 700.00 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) was down 10.37% or 14.00 points to 121.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 89 to 68 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 22.48% or 134.90 to 735.00. Shares in Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) fell to 5-year lows; falling 20.00% or 175.00 to 700.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.81% or 1.03 to $57.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.96% or 0.60 to hit $63.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.64 to trade at $1284.34 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.09% to 203.635, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 153.720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.75.