Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.22% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 25.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.500 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) was up 13.08% or 3.40 points to 29.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND), which lost 17.68% or 6.70 points to trade at 31.20 in late trade. Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) declined 11.16% or 4.90 points to end at 39.00 and Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT) shed 8.61% or 28.40 points to 301.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 72 and 57 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $57.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.34 to trade at $1285.16 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.01% to 201.730, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 153.435.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.35.