Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.22% to hit a new 1-month low.
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, Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 25.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.500 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) was up 13.08% or 3.40 points to 29.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND), which fell 17.68% or 6.70 points to trade at 31.20 at the close. Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) declined 11.16% or 4.90 points to end at 39.00 and Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT) was down 8.61% or 28.40 points to 301.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 85 to 72 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $57.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.38 to trade at $1285.12 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.01% to 201.730, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 153.435.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.35.