Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Diversified Holdings and Hotels & Travel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR), which rose 14.29% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.600 at the close. Cargo Boat Development Company PLC (CM:CABO) added 12.89% or 10.70 points to end at 93.70 and Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) was up 11.64% or 39.00 points to 374.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lanka Aluminium Industries PLC (CM:LALU), which lost 7.61% or 7.00 points to trade at 85.00 in late trade. Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) declined 6.67% or 1.30 points to end at 18.20 and Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW) shed 6.25% or 37.50 points to 562.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 75 to 70 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.59% or 0.71 to $43.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.24% or 0.57 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.83% or 10.45 to trade at $1255.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 1.06% to 185.370, while USD/LKR rose 0.09% to 147.805.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 98.77.