Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Talawakelle Tea Estate PLC (CM:TPL), which rose 10.31% or 3.30 points to trade at 35.30 at the close. Property Development PLC (CM:PDL) added 7.15% or 6.00 points to end at 89.90 and Browns Investments PLC (CM:BROW) was up 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which lost 12.50% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.7000 in late trade. Kandy Hotels Company (1938) PLC (CM:KHC) declined 8.86% or 0.70 points to end at 7.20 and Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) shed 6.45% or 1.00 points to 14.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 78 and 53 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.05% or 0.53 to $50.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.63% or 0.33 to hit $52.36 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.24% or 3.05 to trade at $1254.55 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.09% to 179.345, while USD/LKR fell 0.15% to 146.690.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 97.82.