Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plantations, Diversified Holdings and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which rose 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) added 12.07% or 2.10 points to end at 19.50 and Ceylon Tea Brokers PLC (CM:CEYL) was up 10.81% or 0.400 points to 4.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which fell 21.74% or 361.20 points to trade at 1300.00 at the close. Colombo Fort Investments PLC (CM:CFI) declined 12.50% or 10.00 points to end at 70.00 and East West Properties PLC (CM:EAST) was down 7.43% or 1.10 points to 13.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 89 to 65 and 50 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.92% or 0.46 to $50.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.98% or 0.52 to hit $53.52 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1177.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.16% to 187.535, while USD/LKR fell 0.25% to 148.280.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 99.96.