Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Trading and Power & Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.01%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which fell 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. 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) was down 10.85% or 49.90 points to 410.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 104 to 80 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.14% or 0.06 to $42.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 9.16 to trade at $1258.56 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.