Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Healthcare and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.36% to hit a new 3-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. Balangoda Plantations PLC (CM:BALA) added 22.47% or 4.00 points to end at 21.80 and Madulsima Plantations PLC (CM:MADU) was up 19.78% or 1.80 points to 10.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which lost 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.400 in late trade. Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) declined 12.56% or 179.60 points to end at 1250.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) shed 12.50% or 0.1000 points to 0.7000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 94 and 58 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.68% or 0.33 to $48.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.58% or 0.30 to hit $51.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 3.01 to trade at $1293.11 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.26% to 198.445, while USD/LKR fell 0.13% to 153.100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.33.