Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Construction & Engineering and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.07% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL), which rose 9.25% or 1.60 points to trade at 18.90 at the close. Softlogic Life Insurance PLC (CM:SFTL) added 9.00% or 1.80 points to end at 21.80 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lankem Ceylon PLC (CM:LCEY), which lost 10.43% or 7.30 points to trade at 62.70 in late trade. Hemas Power PLC (CM:HPWR) declined 9.57% or 2.20 points to end at 20.80 and City Housing and Real Estate Company PLC (CM:CHOU) shed 8.05% or 0.70 points to 8.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 53 and 57 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.35% or 0.16 to $45.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.51% or 0.24 to hit $46.87 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.35 to trade at $1229.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 1.42% to 186.780, while USD/LKR rose 1.16% to 149.740.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 100.11.