Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Investment Trust, Diversified Holdings and Power & Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) added 24.16% or 14.40 points to end at 74.00 and Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) was up 18.11% or 268.30 points to 1750.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which fell 25.00% or 3375.00 points to trade at 10125.00 at the close. Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) declined 22.33% or 319.20 points to end at 1110.40 and Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) was down 14.33% or 13.40 points to 80.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 122 to 90 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; up 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200. Shares in Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD) fell to 3-years lows; down 25.00% or 3375.00 to 10125.00. Shares in Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 18.11% or 268.30 to 1750.00.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.16% or 0.07 to $44.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $47.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.13% or 14.46 to trade at $1261.44 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.07% to 194.950, while USD/LKR fell 0.10% to 152.850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 97.27.