Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Trading, Land & Property and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which rose 23.27% or 12.80 points to trade at 67.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) added 18.64% or 3.30 points to end at 21.00 and Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) was up 18.55% or 11.50 points to 73.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which fell 24.71% or 426.60 points to trade at 1300.00 at the close. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Taprobane Holdings PLC (CM:TAPR) was down 12.07% or 0.700 points to 5.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 86 to 64 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) fell to 3-years lows; losing 24.71% or 426.60 to 1300.00.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.34% or 0.21 to $61.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $67.84 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.50 to trade at $1315.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.15% to 208.140, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 153.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 91.67.