Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Investment Trust, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which fell 16.67% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.5000 at the close. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 14.57% or 5.80 points to end at 34.00 and Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) was down 12.26% or 181.70 points to 1300.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 97 to 76 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) rose to all time lows; gaining 20.00% or 0.100 to 0.600.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.45% or 0.31 to $68.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.60% or 0.44 to hit $73.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.20 to trade at $1350.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.33% to 221.745, while USD/LKR fell 0.10% to 156.240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 89.38.