Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Plantations, Healthcare and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW), which rose 22.87% or 148.90 points to trade at 799.90 at the close. Elpitiya Plantations PLC (CM:ELPL) added 10.14% or 2.20 points to end at 23.90 and Property Development PLC (CM:PDL) was up 10.00% or 10.00 points to 110.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 19.24% or 500.20 points to trade at 2099.90 in late trade. Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) declined 9.78% or 8.80 points to end at 81.20 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) shed 8.33% or 0.10 points to 1.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 84 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.85% or 0.89 to $47.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.23% or 1.09 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.55% or 19.75 to trade at $1254.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 1.04% to 213.240, while USD/LKR rose 0.54% to 146.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.27.