Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Plantations, Construction & Engineering and Power & Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL), which rose 23.53% or 4.00 points to trade at 21.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) added 23.33% or 3.50 points to end at 18.50 and Ramboda Falls PLC (CM:RFLL) was up 23.19% or 4.80 points to 25.50 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. Renuka Holdings PLC (CM:RHL) declined 8.30% or 1.90 points to end at 21.00 and Arpico Insurance Ltd (CM:ARIC) was down 7.56% or 0.90 points to 11.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 156 to 34 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Arpico Insurance Ltd (CM:ARIC) fell to all time lows; falling 7.56% or 0.90 to 11.00.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.06% or 0.75 to $37.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.83% or 0.71 to hit $39.45 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1233.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.20% to 204.855, while USD/LKR fell 0.04% to 144.860.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 96.87.