Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Trading and Stores & Supplies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 33.33% or 0.2000 points to end at 0.8000 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT), which fell 17.03% or 24.70 points to trade at 120.30 at the close. Kotagala Plantations PLC (CM:KOTA) declined 16.67% or 3.00 points to end at 15.00 and Tokyo Cement Company Lanka PLC (CM:TKYO) was down 16.45% or 12.70 points to 64.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 115 to 73 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; up 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.25% or 0.12 to $48.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $50.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.72 to trade at $1266.28 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.41% to 196.365, while USD/LKR rose 0.12% to 152.970.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.10.