Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Palm Oil, Telecoms and Investment Trust sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which rose 15.75% or 96.60 points to trade at 710.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ACME Printing and Packaging PLC (CM:ACME) added 15.52% or 0.90 points to end at 6.70 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI), which fell 10.97% or 68.00 points to trade at 552.00 at the close. Amaya Leisure PLC (CM:CONN) declined 9.09% or 4.80 points to end at 48.00 and Eden Hotel Lanka PLC (CM:EDEN) was down 6.25% or 1.00 points to 15.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 88 to 58 and 62 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.58% or 0.38 to $65.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.45% or 0.32 to hit $71.36 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.80 to trade at $1349.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.35% to 221.015, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 155.710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.20.