Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.31% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL), which rose 16.32% or 12.60 points to trade at 89.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) was up 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which fell 9.70% or 161.20 points to trade at 1500.00 at the close. Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH) declined 9.52% or 0.200 points to end at 1.900 and Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) was down 9.11% or 100.20 points to 1000.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 83 to 73 and 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH) fell to all time lows; falling 9.52% or 0.200 to 1.900.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.94% or 0.41 to $43.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.22% or 0.56 to hit $46.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1324.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.30% to 192.750, while USD/LKR fell 0.18% to 145.270.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.39.