Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Beverages & Tobacco and Land & Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR), which rose 30.77% or 0.400 points to trade at 1.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) added 25.00% or 0.50 points to end at 2.50 and Lion Brewery Ceylon PLC (CM:LION) was up 14.47% or 55.00 points to 435.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bogawantalawa Tea Estates PLC (CM:BOPL), which fell 9.17% or 1.00 points to trade at 9.90 at the close. Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) declined 8.81% or 119.00 points to end at 1231.00 and Keells Food Products PLC (CM:KFP) was down 7.43% or 13.00 points to 162.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 100 to 74 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 25.00% or 0.50 to 2.50.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.18% or 0.53 to $45.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.12% or 0.52 to hit $46.78 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.05% or 14.10 to trade at $1329.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 1.41% to 191.215, while USD/LKR fell 0.14% to 145.775.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 96.30.