Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Investment Trust, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Power & Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.73% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which rose 20.60% or 278.10 points to trade at 1627.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) added 19.76% or 9.90 points to end at 60.00 and Finance Company PLC (CM:TFC) was up 17.28% or 1.40 points to 9.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which fell 24.27% or 631.10 points to trade at 1969.00 at the close. Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) declined 14.84% or 400.70 points to end at 2300.00 and Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) was down 13.79% or 2.00 points to 12.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 141 to 66 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) fell to all time lows; down 13.79% or 2.00 to 12.50.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.65% or 1.36 to $38.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.40% or 1.34 to hit $40.77 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1237.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.43% to 203.630, while USD/LKR fell 0.23% to 144.875.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 94.56.