Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Plantations, Palm Oil and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.47%.
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. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Madulsima Plantations PLC (CM:MADU), which lost 24.87% or 4.70 points to trade at 14.20 in late trade. Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) declined 14.95% or 7.70 points to end at 43.80 and Balangoda Plantations PLC (CM:BALA) shed 14.17% or 5.10 points to 30.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 67 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.11% or 0.06 to $56.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $63.54 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.69 to trade at $1284.39 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.01% to 201.050, while USD/LKR rose 0.16% to 153.610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.69.