Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plantations, Footwear & Textile and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH), which rose 16.43% or 236.90 points to trade at 1678.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 14.29% or 0.1000 points to 0.8000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which fell 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV) declined 6.90% or 4.00 points to end at 54.00 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) was down 4.91% or 1.30 points to 25.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 102 to 76 and 61 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.93% or 0.99 to $50.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.69% or 0.91 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.13 to trade at $1256.23 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.07% to 197.710, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 152.640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.08.