Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Trading and Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) added 19.01% or 116.60 points to end at 730.00 and Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT) was up 14.49% or 2.00 points to 15.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which fell 11.18% or 7.70 points to trade at 61.20 at the close. Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) declined 9.09% or 4.00 points to end at 40.00 and Bogawantalawa Tea Estates PLC (CM:BOPL) was down 5.88% or 1.00 points to 16.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 112 to 58 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) rose to all time lows; rising 20.00% or 0.100 to 0.600.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.27% or 0.17 to $63.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $67.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.70 to trade at $1332.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.39% to 218.635, while USD/LKR fell 0.25% to 155.560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.88.