Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Healthcare and Land & Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which rose 19.69% or 263.00 points to trade at 1599.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) added 15.98% or 261.60 points to end at 1899.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.100 at the close. Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD) declined 25.00% or 3375.00 points to end at 10125.00 and Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) was down 17.03% or 13.40 points to 65.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 115 to 75 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) fell to all time lows; losing 50.00% or 0.100 to 0.100. Shares in Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 15.98% or 261.60 to 1899.00. Shares in Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD) fell to 3-years lows; falling 25.00% or 3375.00 to 10125.00.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.03% or 0.48 to $45.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.78% or 0.38 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.71 to trade at $1270.31 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.12% to 194.620, while USD/LKR fell 0.04% to 152.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.03.