Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Trading and Plantations sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) added 11.71% or 2.40 points to end at 22.90 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 11.11% or 0.10 points to 1.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which fell 21.12% or 391.00 points to trade at 1460.10 at the close. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) declined 16.67% or 0.10 points to end at 0.60 and Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) was down 12.66% or 139.10 points to 960.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 104 to 77 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.35% or 0.56 to $41.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.44% or 0.63 to hit $44.47 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1061.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 2.21% to 209.290, while USD/LKR fell 3.50% to 138.280.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 98.36.