Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.33% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which rose 25.00% or 572.80 points to trade at 2864.00 at the close. Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) added 15.38% or 0.20 points to end at 1.50 and Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) was up 12.02% or 427.00 points to 3980.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which lost 8.70% or 0.20 points to trade at 2.10 in late trade. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 7.69% or 0.10 points to end at 1.30 and Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) shed 7.63% or 2.90 points to 35.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 98 and 18 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.38% or 0.65 to $46.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.71% or 0.85 to hit $48.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.24% or 2.70 to trade at $1116.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.06% to 217.260, while USD/LKR fell 0.68% to 140.015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 95.35.