Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Services, Investment Trust and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL) added 16.58% or 6.10 points to end at 42.90 and Talawakelle Tea Estate PLC (CM:TPL) was up 12.23% or 6.20 points to 56.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ramboda Falls PLC (CM:RFLL), which lost 16.99% or 3.50 points to trade at 17.10 in late trade. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.5000 and Property Development PLC (CM:PDL) shed 15.44% or 13.90 points to 76.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 82 to 51 and 61 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $63.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $69.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 9.40 to trade at $1329.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.26% to 213.025, while USD/LKR rose 0.12% to 153.890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 90.46.