Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Palm Oil and Trading sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which rose 44.72% or 237.92 points to trade at 769.90 at the close. F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) added 18.75% or 0.600 points to end at 3.800 and Kalpitiya Beach Resort PLC (CM:CITK) was up 16.67% or 0.500 points to 3.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Namunukula Plantations PLC (CM:NAMU), which lost 9.84% or 9.40 points to trade at 86.10 in late trade. Kotmale Holdings PLC (CM:LAMB) declined 8.34% or 21.40 points to end at 235.10 and Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) shed 6.61% or 3.80 points to 53.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 89 and 47 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.54% or 1.23 to $47.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.55% or 1.29 to hit $49.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.33 to trade at $1262.67 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.32% to 196.405, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 152.710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.16.