Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Plantations and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.14% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Colombo City Holdings PLC (CM:PHAR), which rose 32.52% or 227.00 points to trade at 925.00 at the close. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 14.29% or 0.10 points to end at 0.70 and Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) was up 11.76% or 0.20 points to 1.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which lost 19.98% or 499.40 points to trade at 2000.00 in late trade. Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) declined 18.41% or 559.70 points to end at 2480.00 and Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) shed 17.02% or 282.40 points to 1376.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 107 and 20 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.16% or 0.54 to $46.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.28% or 0.14 to hit $49.55 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.41% or 4.80 to trade at $1184.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.10% to 216.740, while USD/LKR fell 0.58% to 140.040.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 94.10.