Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Information Technology and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 25.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) added 24.93% or 9.40 points to end at 47.10 and Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) was up 22.83% or 92.90 points to 499.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 17.32% or 256.70 points to trade at 1225.00 in late trade. East West Properties PLC (CM:EAST) declined 5.43% or 0.70 points to end at 12.20 and Marawila Resorts PLC (CM:MARA) shed 4.76% or 0.100 points to 2.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 80 and 60 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.13% or 0.59 to $51.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.03% or 0.60 to hit $57.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 6.13 to trade at $1289.13 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.16% to 202.200, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.09.