Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Investment Trust, Healthcare and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.45% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which rose 16.04% or 207.00 points to trade at 1497.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Lanka Cement PLC (CM:LCEM) added 12.31% or 0.80 points to end at 7.30 and Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG) was up 10.67% or 10.40 points to 107.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which fell 24.39% or 554.90 points to trade at 1720.10 at the close. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) declined 19.76% or 418.70 points to end at 1700.10 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was down 10.71% or 2.40 points to 20.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 131 to 50 and 55 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.88% or 0.83 to $44.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.06% or 0.94 to hit $46.52 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.55 to trade at $1246.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.05% to 213.225, while USD/LKR fell 0.12% to 146.315.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 94.35.