Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials & Insurance, Power & Energy and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.55% 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, Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) added 22.85% or 93.00 points to end at 500.00 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 22.22% or 0.200 points to 1.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL), which fell 12.66% or 5.80 points to trade at 40.00 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and eChannelling PLC (CM:ECL) was down 7.41% or 0.60 points to 7.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 136 to 62 and 48 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.77% or 0.39 to $51.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.39% or 0.22 to hit $56.83 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.94 to trade at $1291.86 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.13% to 202.490, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 153.490.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.06.