Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plantations, Trading and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which rose 21.29% or 15.80 points to trade at 90.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH) added 16.67% or 0.300 points to end at 2.100 and Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL) was up 16.06% or 6.60 points to 47.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which fell 17.78% or 2400.00 points to trade at 11100.00 at the close. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) declined 11.45% or 169.70 points to end at 1312.00 and Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) was down 11.11% or 40.00 points to 320.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 129 to 68 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.57% or 0.71 to $45.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.51% or 0.72 to hit $48.51 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 1.97 to trade at $1223.67 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.20% to 199.245, while USD/LKR fell 0.06% to 153.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.85.