Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Trading and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) added 100.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.200 and Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) was up 16.67% or 0.200 points to 1.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) declined 12.09% or 7.70 points to end at 56.00 and Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) shed 10.85% or 49.90 points to 410.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 80 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.14% or 0.06 to $42.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $45.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 9.17 to trade at $1258.57 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.54% to 194.965, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 153.240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 97.10.