Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Beverages & Tobacco, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.32% to hit a new 1-month low.
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, Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) added 14.42% or 7.80 points to end at 61.90 and Taprobane Holdings PLC (CM:TAPR) was up 7.50% or 0.30 points to 4.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which fell 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Finlays Colombo PLC (CM:JFIN) declined 11.74% or 35.00 points to end at 263.20 and Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) was down 9.38% or 15.00 points to 145.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 122 to 100 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 12.50% or 0.100 to 0.700.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.53% or 0.32 to $59.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $63.50 a barrel, while the August Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1172.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.39% to 210.205, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 133.865.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 95.48.