Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Trading, Stores & Supplies and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 22.88% or 69.80 points to end at 374.90 and People`s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB) was up 13.92% or 3.30 points to 27.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which fell 17.34% or 215.00 points to trade at 1025.00 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was down 9.09% or 0.10 points to 1.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 136 to 73 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 22.88% or 69.80 to 374.90.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.52% or 0.79 to $52.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.20% or 0.69 to hit $57.73 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1161.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.52% to 204.170, while USD/LKR fell 0.53% to 132.890.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 96.70.