Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Footwear & Textile and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.66% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which rose 24.52% or 423.40 points to trade at 2150.00 at the close. Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) added 14.87% or 8.40 points to end at 64.90 and Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) was up 12.25% or 189.90 points to 1739.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which lost 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.100 in late trade. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) shed 10.00% or 0.100 points to 0.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 67 and 61 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.91% or 0.41 to $45.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.88% or 0.42 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.21 to trade at $1243.59 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.03% to 199.225, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 95.51.