Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Services, Stores & Supplies and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.16% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 57.14% or 0.400 points to end at 1.100 and Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT) was up 8.89% or 24.50 points to 300.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which lost 24.82% or 3350.10 points to trade at 10149.90 in late trade. Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) declined 16.67% or 23.00 points to end at 115.00 and Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL) shed 12.11% or 5.10 points to 37.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 125 to 74 and 48 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $47.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.35 to trade at $1236.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.62% to 199.155, while USD/LKR fell 0.05% to 153.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.81.