Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Land & Property, Healthcare and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.36% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL), which rose 24.84% or 11.40 points to trade at 57.30 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 16.67% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) was up 12.82% or 0.50 points to 4.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which lost 11.00% or 9.90 points to trade at 80.10 in late trade. Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) declined 9.62% or 19.70 points to end at 185.00 and Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) shed 7.82% or 4.30 points to 50.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 131 to 64 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.61% or 0.75 to $45.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.46% or 0.70 to hit $47.38 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.85 to trade at $1275.05 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.10% to 211.185, while USD/LKR rose 0.23% to 146.200.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.33.