Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Motors, Telecoms and Land & Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which rose 18.69% or 54.00 points to trade at 343.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) added 16.75% or 71.30 points to end at 496.90 and Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) was up 14.56% or 7.60 points to 59.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which fell 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Commercial Development Company PLC (CM:COMD) declined 13.72% or 12.80 points to end at 80.50 and Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL) was down 10.34% or 6.10 points to 52.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 95 to 72 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Commercial Development Company PLC (CM:COMD) fell to 52-week lows; down 13.72% or 12.80 to 80.50.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.15% or 0.58 to $49.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.98% or 0.51 to hit $51.44 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1272.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.23% to 211.255, while USD/LKR rose 0.27% to 146.095.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 94.19.