Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Trading sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Sinhaputhra Finance PLC (CM:SFL), which rose 23.42% or 2.60 points to trade at 13.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Alufab PLC (CM:ALUF) added 23.40% or 5.50 points to end at 29.00 and Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) was up 22.92% or 6.90 points to 37.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which fell 23.08% or 600.10 points to trade at 2000.00 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.400 and Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS) was down 16.47% or 1.40 points to 7.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 165 to 34 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) fell to all time lows; losing 20.00% or 0.100 to 0.400.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.07% or 0.41 to $37.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.39% or 0.57 to hit $40.50 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.79% or 9.90 to trade at $1247.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.26% to 205.685, while USD/LKR fell 0.10% to 144.830.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 97.28.