Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Beverages & Tobacco and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 24.29% or 14.60 points to trade at 74.70 at the close. Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) added 15.53% or 80.00 points to end at 595.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 12.50% or 0.1000 points to 0.9000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR), which lost 7.69% or 100.00 points to trade at 1200.00 in late trade. Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW) declined 7.41% or 48.00 points to end at 600.00 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) shed 6.39% or 2.60 points to 38.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 85 and 58 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $49.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $51.96 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1270.05 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.32% to 187.300, while USD/LKR rose 0.18% to 146.870.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.28.