Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Plantations, Investment Trust and Power & Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU), which rose 24.70% or 4.10 points to trade at 20.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL) added 24.07% or 6.50 points to end at 33.50 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 20.00% or 0.1000 points to 0.6000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which fell 21.68% or 498.20 points to trade at 1800.00 at the close. Odel PLC (CM:ODEL) declined 9.21% or 2.10 points to end at 20.70 and Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) was down 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 128 to 50 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 24.07% or 6.50 to 33.50.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.47% or 0.25 to $52.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.55 to trade at $1226.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.31% to 187.215, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 150.540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 101.47.