Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Stores & Supplies and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which rose 11.99% or 179.90 points to trade at 1679.90 at the close. Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) added 9.37% or 2.40 points to end at 28.00 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) was up 9.27% or 10.60 points to 125.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which lost 11.11% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.90 in late trade. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) shed 11.03% or 174.80 points to 1410.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 81 and 21 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.79% or 0.37 to $46.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.46% or 0.23 to hit $50.45 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.70 to trade at $1122.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.72% to 207.530, while USD/LKR rose 0.85% to 135.995.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.30.