Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Trading, Power & Energy and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE), which rose 24.97% or 99.90 points to trade at 500.00 at the close. Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) added 17.80% or 8.90 points to end at 58.90 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 16.67% or 0.1000 points to 0.7000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which lost 19.35% or 12.00 points to trade at 50.00 in late trade. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) declined 13.26% or 3.70 points to end at 24.20 and Hemas Power PLC (CM:HPWR) shed 10.40% or 2.10 points to 18.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 68 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.48% or 0.29 to $60.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.44% or 0.29 to hit $66.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1298.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.40% to 207.175, while USD/LKR rose 0.05% to 153.490.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 92.07.