Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Information Technology and Plantations sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.12% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM), which rose 19.71% or 4.10 points to trade at 24.90 at the close. Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) added 18.76% or 78.80 points to end at 498.80 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 16.67% or 0.1000 points to 0.7000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lanka Cement PLC (CM:LCEM), which lost 23.64% or 1.30 points to trade at 4.20 in late trade. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) shed 11.11% or 0.200 points to 1.600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 80 to 79 and 61 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.26% or 0.17 to $64.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $68.99 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.12% or 14.90 to trade at $1342.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.03% to 220.155, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 156.180.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.31.