Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Manufacturing and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.57% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) was up 16.50% or 3.40 points to 24.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL), which lost 14.56% or 7.70 points to trade at 45.20 in late trade. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 13.98% or 11.70 points to end at 72.00 and Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) shed 13.87% or 68.50 points to 425.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 86 and 60 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.68% or 0.44 to $65.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.93% or 0.70 to hit $76.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1302.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.41% to 213.820, while USD/LKR rose 0.15% to 158.940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.29.