Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG), which rose 21.84% or 21.10 points to trade at 117.70 at the close. Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) added 19.17% or 11.50 points to end at 71.50 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH), which lost 11.50% or 3.90 points to trade at 30.00 in late trade. Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) declined 8.91% or 18.80 points to end at 192.20 and CT Land Development PLC (CM:CTLD) shed 8.58% or 4.70 points to 50.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 65 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.21% or 0.10 to $48.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $48.91 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.16% or 2.05 to trade at $1256.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.19% to 214.310, while USD/LKR rose 0.04% to 146.825.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 95.32.