Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Land & Property, Motors and Construction & Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS) was up 12.50% or 0.80 points to 7.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which fell 24.39% or 378.00 points to trade at 1172.00 at the close. Marawila Resorts PLC (CM:MARA) declined 10.00% or 0.200 points to end at 1.800 and Kahawatte Plantations PLC (CM:KAHA) was down 9.74% or 3.80 points to 35.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 74 to 62 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Marawila Resorts PLC (CM:MARA) fell to all time lows; falling 10.00% or 0.200 to 1.800.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.19% or 0.11 to $57.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $64.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1269.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.31% to 204.630, while USD/LKR fell 0.10% to 152.940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.92.