Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Stores & Supplies, Footwear & Textile and Investment Trust sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.67% to hit a new 3-months 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, PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 40.00% or 0.20 points to end at 0.70 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 11.93% or 179.00 points to 1679.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 21.98% or 549.40 points to trade at 1950.00 at the close. Bogawantalawa Tea Estates PLC (CM:BOPL) declined 12.28% or 1.40 points to end at 10.00 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was down 10.86% or 201.10 points to 1650.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 137 to 63 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bogawantalawa Tea Estates PLC (CM:BOPL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 12.28% or 1.40 to 10.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $43.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.71% or 0.33 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1070.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.11% to 215.405, while USD/LKR fell 0.22% to 142.475.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 99.92.