Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.31% 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 16.32% or 12.60 points to trade at 89.80 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) was up 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 9.70% or 161.20 points to trade at 1500.00 in late trade. Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH) declined 9.52% or 0.200 points to end at 1.900 and Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) shed 9.11% or 100.20 points to 1000.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 73 and 65 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.94% or 0.41 to $43.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.20% or 0.55 to hit $46.40 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1324.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.30% to 192.750, while USD/LKR fell 0.18% to 145.270.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.39.