Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Services, Construction & Engineering and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 13.08% or 39.90 points to end at 345.00 and Asiri Surgical Hospital PLC (CM:AMSL) was up 12.34% or 1.90 points to 17.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ), which fell 11.28% or 6.10 points to trade at 48.00 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 9.09% or 0.10 points to end at 1.10 and Equity One PLC (CM:EQIT) was down 6.73% or 2.90 points to 40.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 152 to 53 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) rose to 52-week lows; rising 14.29% or 0.100 to 0.700.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.77% or 0.41 to $53.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.89% or 0.52 to hit $59.13 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.22% or 2.60 to trade at $1161.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.13% to 205.035, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 133.385.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.93% at 95.77.