Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Footwear & Textile and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) added 25.00% or 137.00 points to end at 685.10 and Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) was up 13.36% or 50.10 points to 425.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which lost 11.67% or 7.00 points to trade at 53.00 in late trade. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 10.66% or 266.50 points to end at 2232.90 and Ceylon Hospitals PLC (CM:CHL) shed 9.66% or 11.50 points to 107.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 80 and 21 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.07% or 0.48 to $45.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.28% or 0.14 to hit $47.83 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.66% or 7.40 to trade at $1106.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.37% to 212.855, while USD/LKR fell 0.37% to 140.610.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 96.48.