Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Stores & Supplies and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kalpitiya Beach Resort PLC (CM:CITK), which rose 38.89% or 1.400 points to trade at 5.000 at the close. Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) added 24.84% or 19.90 points to end at 100.00 and Marawila Resorts PLC (CM:MARA) was up 21.74% or 0.500 points to 2.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL), which lost 23.55% or 15.40 points to trade at 50.00 in late trade. Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) declined 14.38% or 8.60 points to end at 51.20 and Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) shed 9.09% or 2.00 points to 20.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 71 and 59 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.11% or 0.53 to $47.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.24% or 0.62 to hit $49.19 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.90 to trade at $1329.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.45% to 189.995, while USD/LKR fell 0.02% to 146.540.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.72.