Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE), which rose 16.45% or 84.70 points to trade at 599.70 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.8000 and Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) was up 12.19% or 39.00 points to 359.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which fell 21.14% or 351.20 points to trade at 1310.00 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Lanka Aluminium Industries PLC (CM:LALU) was down 6.78% or 6.10 points to 83.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 118 to 51 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 11.11% or 0.100 to 0.800.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.10% or 0.05 to $50.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.83 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.53% or 6.65 to trade at $1260.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.47% to 179.265, while USD/LKR rose 0.12% to 147.100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.85.