Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Healthcare and Plantations sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 40.00% or 0.200 points to end at 0.700 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 20.00% or 0.1000 points to 0.6000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which fell 12.97% or 152.00 points to trade at 1020.00 at the close. George Steuart Finance Ltd (CM:GEOR) declined 9.52% or 2.00 points to end at 19.00 and Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) was down 9.42% or 4.90 points to 47.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 101 to 55 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in George Steuart Finance Ltd (CM:GEOR) fell to 3-years lows; losing 9.52% or 2.00 to 19.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.87% or 0.62 to $72.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.79% or 0.63 to hit $79.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.30 to trade at $1286.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.15% to 212.820, while USD/LKR fell 0.16% to 157.910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.42.