Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Footwear & Textile and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) added 17.24% or 5.00 points to end at 34.00 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Engineering Group PLC (CM:IDL), which fell 8.70% or 0.60 points to trade at 6.30 at the close. Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) declined 8.42% or 30.80 points to end at 334.90 and Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) was down 6.79% or 3.40 points to 46.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 132 to 40 and 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; rising 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.44% or 0.22 to $49.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.48% or 0.25 to hit $52.32 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.51 to trade at $1266.69 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.14% to 195.295, while USD/LKR rose 0.23% to 152.290.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 98.98.