Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Information Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which rose 24.93% or 9.40 points to trade at 47.10 at the close. Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) added 16.85% or 4.60 points to end at 31.90 and Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) was up 15.26% or 263.40 points to 1990.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 17.39% or 257.70 points to trade at 1224.00 in late trade. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) shed 10.00% or 0.100 points to 0.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 73 and 61 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.78% or 0.40 to $50.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $56.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 6.70 to trade at $1283.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.17% to 202.180, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 153.610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 93.37.