Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Trading, Information Technology and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which rose 17.33% or 13.00 points to trade at 88.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) added 13.06% or 6.70 points to end at 58.00 and Sunshine Holdings PLC (CM:SUN) was up 7.82% or 3.90 points to 53.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which fell 19.23% or 500.10 points to trade at 2100.00 at the close. Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) declined 8.97% or 123.40 points to end at 1251.90 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) was down 8.33% or 0.10 points to 1.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 107 to 53 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.97% or 123.40 to 1251.90. Shares in F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) fell to all time lows; losing 8.33% or 0.10 to 1.10.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 3.80% or 0.99 to $27.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 3.91% or 1.18 to hit $31.23 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.50 to trade at $1241.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.64% to 208.900, while USD/LKR rose 0.24% to 144.410.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.77.