Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power & Energy, Motors and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE), which rose 16.67% or 0.20 points to trade at 1.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) added 10.60% or 1.60 points to end at 16.70 and Bogawantalawa Tea Estates PLC (CM:BOPL) was up 9.00% or 0.90 points to 10.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which fell 12.50% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.70 at the close. EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) declined 10.18% or 137.50 points to end at 1213.00 and Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) was down 8.53% or 18.00 points to 193.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 87 to 82 and 53 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.13% or 0.55 to $49.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.30% or 0.63 to hit $49.24 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.64% or 7.90 to trade at $1221.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.47% to 215.415, while USD/LKR rose 0.41% to 147.375.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 95.61.