Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Palm Oil, Construction & Engineering and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.29% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 25.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.5000 at the close. Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.500 and Galadari Hotels Lanka PLC (CM:GHLL) was up 15.94% or 1.10 points to 8.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which lost 22.77% or 266.90 points to trade at 905.10 in late trade. Colombo Investment Trust PLC (CM:CIT) declined 12.92% or 8.90 points to end at 60.00 and Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) shed 10.89% or 110.00 points to 900.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 92 to 87 and 47 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.68% or 0.48 to $70.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.97% or 0.76 to hit $79.46 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1209.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.52% to 222.245, while USD/LKR fell 0.19% to 168.460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.61.