Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Motors, Investment Trust and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) added 11.11% or 4.50 points to end at 45.00 and J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) was up 10.00% or 30.00 points to 330.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which fell 9.50% or 6.30 points to trade at 60.00 at the close. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) declined 7.14% or 0.10 points to end at 1.40 and Tal Lanka Hotels PLC (CM:TAJ) was down 6.77% or 2.20 points to 30.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 136 to 96 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) rose to 3-years highs; up 11.11% or 4.50 to 45.00.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.24% or 0.10 to $43.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.87% or 0.43 to hit $50.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.63% or 7.10 to trade at $1116.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.05% to 208.755, while USD/LKR fell 0.06% to 133.715.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 96.58.