Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Construction&Engineering, Manufacturing and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.57% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) was up 16.50% or 3.40 points to 24.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL), which fell 14.56% or 7.70 points to trade at 45.20 at the close. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 13.98% or 11.70 points to end at 72.00 and Hunter&Company PLC (CM:HUNT) was down 13.87% or 68.50 points to 425.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 100 to 86 and 60 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.66% or 0.43 to $65.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.89% or 0.67 to hit $76.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1302.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.41% to 213.820, while USD/LKR rose 0.15% to 158.940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.29.
