Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Construction & Engineering and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.78% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT), which rose 15.27% or 5.30 points to trade at 40.00 at the close. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 13.04% or 0.30 points to end at 2.60 and Metropolitan Resource Holdings PLC (CM:MPRH) was up 10.15% or 2.70 points to 29.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which lost 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 in late trade. Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) declined 10.25% or 35.40 points to end at 310.00 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) shed 7.05% or 8.80 points to 116.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 177 to 57 and 6 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.32% or 0.15 to $48.60 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.43% or 0.23 to hit $55.03 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.30% or 14.20 to trade at $1079.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.45% to 207.685, while USD/LKR rose 0.05% to 133.805.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 97.59.