Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Information Technology and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.09%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 50.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.300 and J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) was up 23.53% or 120.00 points to 630.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Colombo City Holdings PLC (CM:PHAR), which fell 13.33% or 115.40 points to trade at 750.00 at the close. Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) declined 12.97% or 55.90 points to end at 375.10 and Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT) was down 10.91% or 1.80 points to 14.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 104 to 69 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) rose to all time highs; up 23.53% or 120.00 to 630.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.43% or 0.28 to $64.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.53% or 0.37 to hit $69.10 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.50 to trade at $1330.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.61% to 220.895, while USD/LKR rose 0.07% to 156.170.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.30.