Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Land & Property, Stores & Supplies and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which rose 16.00% or 48.00 points to trade at 348.00 at the close. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Commercial Leasing & Finance PLC (CM:COLE) was up 11.11% or 0.300 points to 3.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which lost 23.90% or 3062.50 points to trade at 9750.00 in late trade. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 18.18% or 8.00 points to end at 36.00 and Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) shed 14.68% or 172.00 points to 1000.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 66 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.66% or 0.41 to $61.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.44% or 0.29 to hit $65.13 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 6.20 to trade at $1325.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.40% to 215.625, while USD/LKR fell 0.02% to 155.210.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.95.