Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Land & Property, Plantations and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF), which rose 20.00% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) added 19.30% or 13.70 points to end at 84.70 and Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) was up 17.78% or 240.00 points to 1590.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kotmale Holdings PLC (CM:LAMB), which lost 9.40% or 17.90 points to trade at 172.50 in late trade. Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) declined 8.33% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) shed 6.80% or 1.70 points to 23.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.70% or 0.40 to $57.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.89% or 0.56 to hit $63.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.76 to trade at $1276.96 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.60% to 206.175, while USD/LKR fell 0.61% to 152.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 92.97.