Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Stores & Supplies, Beverages & Tobacco and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which rose 24.90% or 6.50 points to trade at 32.60 at the close. Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) added 22.33% or 89.80 points to end at 491.90 and Kelani Cables PLC (CM:KCAB) was up 18.75% or 15.00 points to 95.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Printcare PLC (CM:CARE), which lost 22.41% or 7.80 points to trade at 27.00 in late trade. Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) declined 11.14% or 3.90 points to end at 31.10 and Fortress Resorts Plc (CM:RHTL) shed 10.91% or 1.20 points to 9.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 108 to 72 and 59 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.25% or 0.18 to $73.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.03% or 0.80 to hit $78.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1252.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.34% to 207.975, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 158.310.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 94.59.