Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Palm Oil and Banking, Financials & Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Colombo Fort Investments PLC (CM:CFI), which rose 21.87% or 15.20 points to trade at 84.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Ceylinco Insurance PLC (CM:CINS) added 20.07% or 250.70 points to end at 1499.90 and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) was up 18.27% or 192.90 points to 1249.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT), which fell 8.57% or 1.20 points to trade at 12.80 at the close. Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) declined 8.33% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was down 6.25% or 0.10 points to 1.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 98 to 59 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) fell to all time lows; falling 8.33% or 0.100 to 1.100.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.18% or 0.10 to $53.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $57.08 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.57% or 6.45 to trade at $1147.35 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.21% to 183.380, while USD/LKR fell 0.13% to 149.530.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 102.76.