Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power & Energy, Trading and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) added 24.33% or 14.60 points to end at 74.60 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 22.27% or 136.60 points to 750.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which fell 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. York Arcade Holdings PLC (CM:YORK) declined 11.00% or 11.00 points to end at 89.00 and Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) was down 10.44% or 5.90 points to 50.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 102 to 91 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) rose to all time lows; rising 50.00% or 0.100 to 0.300. Shares in York Arcade Holdings PLC (CM:YORK) fell to 52-week lows; falling 11.00% or 11.00 to 89.00.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.71% or 0.51 to $71.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.83% or 0.66 to hit $79.14 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 5.80 to trade at $1295.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.61% to 211.890, while USD/LKR rose 0.08% to 157.990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.74.