Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Information Technology and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.12% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were People’s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB), which rose 18.70% or 2.30 points to trade at 14.60 at the close. Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) added 16.81% or 1.90 points to end at 13.20 and Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL) was up 15.38% or 8.00 points to 60.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which lost 23.87% or 370.00 points to trade at 1180.00 in late trade. Kandy Hotels Company (1938) PLC (CM:KHC) declined 10.53% or 0.60 points to end at 5.10 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) shed 10.00% or 0.100 points to 0.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 82 to 64 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.71% or 0.40 to $57.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.69% or 0.43 to hit $62.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.50 to trade at $1247.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.27% to 206.560, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 153.290.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.99.