Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Land & Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Agstar PLC (CM:AGST), which rose 31.37% or 1.60 points to trade at 6.70 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was up 9.09% or 7.50 points to 90.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which lost 18.18% or 0.200 points to trade at 0.900 in late trade. Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) declined 16.67% or 15.00 points to end at 75.00 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) shed 12.84% or 4.30 points to 29.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 86 and 40 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.83% or 0.34 to $40.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.21% or 0.52 to hit $42.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.41% or 5.55 to trade at $1359.15 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.28% to 195.475, while USD/LKR rose 0.48% to 146.610.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 95.58.