Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Trading and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hayleys Fibre PLC (CM:HEXP), which rose 45.13% or 21.30 points to trade at 68.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) added 22.41% or 11.90 points to end at 65.00 and Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) was up 19.52% or 9.80 points to 60.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) declined 15.45% or 469.70 points to end at 2570.00 and Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) was down 13.99% or 349.60 points to 2149.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 134 to 98 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hayleys Fibre PLC (CM:HEXP) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 45.13% or 21.30 to 68.50.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.15% or 0.07 to $47.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $51.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.30 to trade at $1144.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.19% to 215.480, while USD/LKR rose 0.15% to 140.675.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 95.28.