Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction & Engineering, Healthcare and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP), which rose 100.74% or 68.00 points to trade at 135.50 at the close. Meanwhile, PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) added 50.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.300 and Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC (CM:CHOT) was up 10.29% or 2.50 points to 26.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which fell 16.67% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.60 at the close. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 16.49% or 375.10 points to end at 1899.90 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was down 15.55% or 349.94 points to 1900.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 108 to 92 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) fell to all time lows; down 16.67% or 0.10 to 0.60. Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; up 50.00% or 0.100 to 0.300.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.31% or 0.15 to $48.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.47% or 0.24 to hit $50.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.33% or 3.70 to trade at $1117.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.39% to 217.835, while USD/LKR rose 0.17% to 141.300.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 97.53.