Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Services, Investment Trust and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Meanwhile, Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL) added 16.58% or 6.10 points to end at 42.90 and Talawakelle Tea Estate PLC (CM:TPL) was up 12.23% or 6.20 points to 56.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ramboda Falls PLC (CM:RFLL), which fell 16.99% or 3.50 points to trade at 17.10 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.5000 and Property Development PLC (CM:PDL) was down 15.44% or 13.90 points to 76.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 82 to 51 and 61 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $63.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $69.33 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 9.40 to trade at $1329.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.26% to 213.025, while USD/LKR rose 0.12% to 153.890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 90.46.