Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Palm Oil sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH), which rose 15.00% or 0.300 points to trade at 2.300 at the close. Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) added 13.27% or 5.80 points to end at 49.50 and Hayleys Fibre PLC (CM:HEXP) was up 10.39% or 6.40 points to 68.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which lost 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 in late trade. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 13.19% or 300.00 points to end at 1975.00 and Colombo Fort Investments PLC (CM:CFI) shed 8.13% or 6.90 points to 78.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 133 to 49 and 39 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.64% or 0.76 to $46.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.18% or 1.03 to hit $48.22 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.57% or 7.45 to trade at $1290.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.47% to 206.155, while USD/LKR fell 0.59% to 144.590.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 94.54.