Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Land & Property, Stores & Supplies and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which rose 21.57% or 11.00 points to trade at 62.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) added 9.45% or 7.60 points to end at 88.00 and Namunukula Plantations PLC (CM:NAMU) was up 8.97% or 6.50 points to 79.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which fell 14.55% or 8.70 points to trade at 51.10 at the close. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 8.57% or 4.80 points to end at 51.20 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) was down 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 95 to 68 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Namunukula Plantations PLC (CM:NAMU) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.97% or 6.50 to 79.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.15% or 0.07 to $46.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $48.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1326.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.10% to 192.905, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 145.680.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.61.