Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO), which rose 19.28% or 319.90 points to trade at 1978.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 17.41% or 51.90 points to end at 350.00 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 17.05% or 230.20 points to 1580.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which fell 23.08% or 600.10 points to trade at 2000.00 at the close. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 11.21% or 255.00 points to end at 2020.00 and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) was down 7.49% or 113.40 points to 1400.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 125 to 57 and 44 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.98% or 0.84 to $41.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.73% or 0.76 to hit $43.27 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.33% or 4.20 to trade at $1250.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.04% to 209.810, while USD/LKR fell 0.23% to 145.830.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 94.05.