Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Diversified Holdings, Services and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Fortress Resorts Plc (CM:RHTL), which rose 12.95% or 1.80 points to trade at 15.70 at the close. Ceylon Tea Brokers PLC (CM:CEYL) added 10.81% or 0.400 points to end at 4.100 and EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) was up 10.40% or 130.00 points to 1380.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 24.72% or 568.10 points to trade at 1730.10 in late trade. Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) declined 23.06% or 329.60 points to end at 1100.00 and Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) shed 20.97% or 13.40 points to 50.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 61 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.49% or 0.25 to $51.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.91% or 0.49 to hit $54.39 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 2.69% or 31.35 to trade at $1132.35 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.11% to 189.165, while USD/LKR rose 1.56% to 150.955.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.63% at 102.67.