Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Services, Stores & Supplies and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.16% to hit a new 1-month low.
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, Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 57.14% or 0.400 points to end at 1.100 and Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT) was up 8.89% or 24.50 points to 300.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which fell 24.82% or 3350.10 points to trade at 10149.90 at the close. Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) declined 16.67% or 23.00 points to end at 115.00 and Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL) was down 12.11% or 5.10 points to 37.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 125 to 74 and 48 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $47.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.35 to trade at $1236.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.62% to 199.155, while USD/LKR fell 0.05% to 153.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.81.