Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Stores&Supplies, Footwear&Textile and Investment Trust sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.12% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hunter&Company PLC (CM:HUNT), which rose 20.43% or 83.80 points to trade at 494.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) added 17.57% or 9.70 points to end at 64.90 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 14.12% or 86.60 points to 700.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ), which fell 20.23% or 8.90 points to trade at 35.10 at the close. EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) declined 15.82% or 189.90 points to end at 1010.10 and Ceylon and Foreign Trades PLC (CM:CFT) was down 12.50% or 0.70 points to 4.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 100 to 60 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) fell to 52-week lows; down 15.82% or 189.90 to 1010.10.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.31% or 0.87 to $67.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.09% or 0.78 to hit $72.36 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1351.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.73% to 222.000, while USD/LKR fell 0.04% to 156.330.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.34.
