Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Information Technology and Trading sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) added 21.98% or 93.70 points to end at 520.00 and Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) was up 21.43% or 3.00 points to 17.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amaya Leisure PLC (CM:CONN), which lost 14.83% or 8.90 points to trade at 51.10 in late trade. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) shed 7.69% or 2.00 points to 24.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 132 to 62 and 42 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.29% or 0.14 to $48.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.51% or 0.28 to hit $54.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 9.28 to trade at $1359.58 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.76% to 201.440, while USD/LKR rose 0.07% to 152.790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 91.09.