Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Plantations and Motors sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 40.00% or 0.200 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) added 20.12% or 217.40 points to end at 1298.00 and Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) was up 15.32% or 49.80 points to 374.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which lost 33.33% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 in late trade. Ceylinco Insurance PLC (CM:CINS) declined 12.32% or 196.70 points to end at 1400.10 and Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV) shed 10.91% or 4.90 points to 40.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 71 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.64% or 0.41 to $63.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.40% or 0.28 to hit $69.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1319.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.16% to 207.465, while USD/LKR fell 0.02% to 153.760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 92.17.