Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Investment Trust and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.09% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS), which rose 14.12% or 1.20 points to trade at 9.70 at the close. Renuka City Hotel PLC (CM:RENU) added 13.04% or 35.70 points to end at 309.50 and Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) was up 11.39% or 2.30 points to 22.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 24.72% or 568.10 points to trade at 1730.10 in late trade. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) declined 17.00% or 229.50 points to end at 1120.30 and Waskaduwa Beach Resort PLC (CM:CITW) shed 16.33% or 0.80 points to 4.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 80 to 75 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $53.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $56.47 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.65% or 7.55 to trade at $1172.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 1.20% to 182.350, while USD/LKR fell 1.07% to 148.470.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 102.41.