Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Palm Oil, Healthcare and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.29% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL), which rose 17.65% or 15.00 points to trade at 100.00 at the close. Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) added 16.30% or 1.50 points to end at 10.70 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 15.38% or 0.200 points to 1.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL), which lost 14.04% or 8.00 points to trade at 49.00 in late trade. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 7.69% or 175.00 points to end at 2100.00 and Serendib Engineering Group PLC (CM:IDL) shed 7.53% or 0.70 points to 8.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 67 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $49.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.75 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.34% or 4.15 to trade at $1218.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.41% to 213.130, while USD/LKR fell 0.32% to 147.810.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.30.