Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Beverages & Tobacco and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR), which rose 9.99% or 124.90 points to trade at 1375.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Samson International PLC (CM:SIL) added 9.05% or 8.30 points to end at 100.00 and Browns Investments PLC (CM:BROW) was up 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which fell 5.76% or 4.90 points to trade at 80.10 at the close. CT Land Development PLC (CM:CTLD) declined 5.36% or 3.00 points to end at 53.00 and Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH) was down 4.76% or 0.100 points to 2.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 104 to 85 and 52 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.12% or 0.05 to $41.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.16% or 0.07 to hit $44.12 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.85 to trade at $1351.05 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.50% to 189.485, while USD/LKR fell 0.09% to 145.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 95.82.