Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Beverages & Tobacco and Palm Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 50.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.3000 at the close. Meanwhile, Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) added 17.65% or 0.300 points to end at 2.000 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) was up 15.72% or 4.70 points to 34.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT), which fell 17.86% or 5.00 points to trade at 23.00 at the close. Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) declined 17.35% or 139.60 points to end at 665.20 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) was down 12.50% or 0.200 points to 1.400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 106 to 62 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) fell to 5-year lows; losing 17.35% or 139.60 to 665.20.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.28% or 0.14 to $49.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.49% or 0.26 to hit $52.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.80 to trade at $1249.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.01% to 188.850, while USD/LKR fell 0.22% to 151.810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 99.99.