Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Investment Trust and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.09% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS), which rose 14.12% or 1.20 points to trade at 9.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Renuka City Hotel PLC (CM:RENU) added 13.04% or 35.70 points to end at 309.50 and Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) was up 11.39% or 2.30 points to 22.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which fell 24.72% or 568.10 points to trade at 1730.10 at the close. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) declined 17.00% or 229.50 points to end at 1120.30 and Waskaduwa Beach Resort PLC (CM:CITW) was down 16.33% or 0.80 points to 4.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 80 to 75 and 49 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $53.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $56.49 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.64% or 7.45 to trade at $1172.75 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 1.20% to 182.350, while USD/LKR fell 1.07% to 148.470.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 102.41.