Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Land & Property, Power & Energy and Plantations sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Property Development PLC (CM:PDL), which rose 25.00% or 22.50 points to trade at 112.50 at the close. Meanwhile, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 0.6000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY), which fell 12.41% or 54.60 points to trade at 385.40 at the close. Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) declined 6.82% or 0.60 points to end at 8.20 and Renuka Agri Foods PLC (CM:RAFL) was down 4.17% or 0.100 points to 2.300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 116 to 38 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Property Development PLC (CM:PDL) rose to 52-week highs; up 25.00% or 22.50 to 112.50.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.22% or 0.15 to $66.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $71.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.83% or 11.30 to trade at $1348.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.14% to 220.680, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 155.740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 89.46.