Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Motors and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.01% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 25.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) added 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 1.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which lost 50.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.1000 in late trade. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) declined 24.74% or 366.60 points to end at 1115.10 and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) shed 17.32% or 213.90 points to 1021.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 82 to 81 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.58% or 0.28 to $48.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $52.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.50 to trade at $1292.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.23% to 196.055, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 152.990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.23.