Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Plantations and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.47% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) added 24.89% or 17.50 points to end at 87.80 and Browns Investments PLC (CM:BROW) was up 21.05% or 0.400 points to 2.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 21.91% or 490.70 points to trade at 1749.00 in late trade. EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) declined 14.17% or 190.00 points to end at 1150.50 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) shed 12.50% or 0.1000 points to 0.7000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 77 and 44 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.13% or 0.56 to $49.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.16% or 0.61 to hit $53.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.19 to trade at $1252.61 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.24% to 198.150, while USD/LKR fell 0.15% to 152.460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 97.39.