Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Land & Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Agstar PLC (CM:AGST), which rose 31.37% or 1.60 points to trade at 6.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was up 9.09% or 7.50 points to 90.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which fell 18.18% or 0.200 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) declined 16.67% or 15.00 points to end at 75.00 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) was down 12.84% or 4.30 points to 29.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 96 to 86 and 40 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.83% or 0.34 to $40.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.21% or 0.52 to hit $42.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.40% or 5.45 to trade at $1359.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.28% to 195.475, while USD/LKR rose 0.48% to 146.610.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 95.58.