Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Investment Trust, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which lost 16.67% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.5000 in late trade. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 14.57% or 5.80 points to end at 34.00 and Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) shed 12.26% or 181.70 points to 1300.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 76 and 46 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.45% or 0.31 to $68.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.60% or 0.44 to hit $73.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.20 to trade at $1350.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.33% to 221.745, while USD/LKR fell 0.10% to 156.240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.37.