Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Construction & Engineering and Trading sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which rose 14.42% or 7.50 points to trade at 59.50 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Palm Garden Hotels PLC (CM:PALM) was up 12.16% or 3.60 points to 33.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO), which lost 11.99% or 143.90 points to trade at 1056.10 in late trade. City Housing and Real Estate Company PLC (CM:CHOU) declined 7.23% or 0.60 points to end at 7.70 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) shed 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 43 and 48 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.64% or 0.34 to $52.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.58% or 0.32 to hit $54.73 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.10% or 1.15 to trade at $1131.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.25% to 183.575, while USD/LKR rose 0.09% to 149.760.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 103.01.