Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power & Energy, Healthcare and Land & Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) added 14.53% or 241.00 points to end at 1900.00 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU), which fell 21.14% or 6.70 points to trade at 25.00 at the close. Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) declined 11.54% or 91.30 points to end at 700.00 and PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) was down 10.00% or 0.10 points to 1.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 158 to 64 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) fell to 5-year lows; down 21.14% or 6.70 to 25.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 4.53% or 1.75 to $40.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 4.31% or 1.86 to hit $45.00 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.17% or 1.90 to trade at $1126.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.11% to 209.380, while USD/LKR rose 0.74% to 135.255.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.43.