Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Telecoms and Trading sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
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, Lanka Cement PLC (CM:LCEM) added 26.53% or 1.30 points to end at 6.20 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 16.67% or 0.1000 points to 0.7000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which fell 24.29% or 3112.50 points to trade at 9700.00 at the close. Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) declined 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.400 and Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) was down 11.65% or 2.90 points to 22.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 101 to 86 and 62 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.22% or 0.61 to $50.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.14% or 0.63 to hit $55.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.42 to trade at $1319.02 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.06% to 206.880, while USD/LKR fell 0.20% to 152.840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 91.47.