Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Investment Trust and Land & Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.35% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 14.29% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.8000 at the close. Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 10.04% or 30.10 points to end at 330.00 and Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) was up 9.84% or 2.50 points to 27.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chilaw Finance PLC (CM:CHIL), which lost 17.33% or 3.90 points to trade at 18.60 in late trade. Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CM:CTC) declined 8.41% or 92.40 points to end at 1006.50 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) shed 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 82 to 64 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.53% or 0.75 to $49.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.84% or 0.92 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.67% or 8.50 to trade at $1261.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.56% to 216.965, while USD/LKR fell 0.27% to 146.600.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.81% at 93.05.