Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Palm Oil, Healthcare and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.29% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL), which rose 17.65% or 15.00 points to trade at 100.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) added 16.30% or 1.50 points to end at 10.70 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 15.38% or 0.200 points to 1.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL), which fell 14.04% or 8.00 points to trade at 49.00 at the close. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 7.69% or 175.00 points to end at 2100.00 and Serendib Engineering Group PLC (CM:IDL) was down 7.53% or 0.70 points to 8.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 95 to 67 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 16.30% or 1.50 to 10.70.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $49.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $49.76 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.34% or 4.15 to trade at $1218.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.41% to 213.130, while USD/LKR fell 0.32% to 147.810.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.30.