Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Healthcare and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND), which rose 24.87% or 14.00 points to trade at 70.30 at the close. Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) added 19.62% or 14.60 points to end at 89.00 and Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL) was up 19.01% or 11.90 points to 74.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which lost 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.100 in late trade. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) declined 33.33% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.2000 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) shed 9.54% or 3.50 points to 33.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 96 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.57% or 0.77 to $48.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.61% or 0.84 to hit $51.37 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.58 to trade at $1263.28 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.81% to 199.230, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 152.740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.40.