Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Information Technology and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.88% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 25.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) added 21.95% or 5.40 points to end at 30.00 and Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) was up 12.50% or 50.00 points to 450.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE), which fell 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) declined 8.33% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH) was down 6.67% or 0.100 points to 1.400.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 116 to 56 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) fell to all time lows; falling 16.67% or 0.100 to 0.500. Shares in Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH) fell to all time lows; losing 6.67% or 0.100 to 1.400.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.37% or 0.26 to $71.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $79.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1207.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 1.17% to 222.525, while USD/LKR rose 0.83% to 168.520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 93.83.