Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Stores & Supplies, Investment Trust and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) was up 16.47% or 70.00 points to 495.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which fell 23.88% or 357.60 points to trade at 1140.00 at the close. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 22.37% or 17.90 points to end at 62.10 and Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) was down 22.14% or 9.10 points to 32.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 116 to 88 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) fell to 3-years lows; falling 23.88% or 357.60 to 1140.00. Shares in PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) rose to all time lows; up 20.00% or 0.100 to 0.600. Shares in Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 22.37% or 17.90 to 62.10.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.09% or 0.06 to $64.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.31% or 0.21 to hit $68.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1324.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.31% to 219.000, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 155.710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.76.