Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE), which rose 16.45% or 84.70 points to trade at 599.70 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.8000 and Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) was up 12.19% or 39.00 points to 359.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 21.14% or 351.20 points to trade at 1310.00 in late trade. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Lanka Aluminium Industries PLC (CM:LALU) shed 6.78% or 6.10 points to 83.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 51 and 50 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.10% or 0.05 to $50.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.83 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.53% or 6.65 to trade at $1260.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.47% to 179.265, while USD/LKR rose 0.12% to 147.100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.85.