Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Trading and Land & Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kandy Hotels Company (1938) PLC (CM:KHC), which rose 8.97% or 0.70 points to trade at 8.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Cargo Boat Development Company PLC (CM:CABO) added 8.20% or 8.30 points to end at 109.50 and Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) was up 7.32% or 30.00 points to 440.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which fell 21.74% or 361.20 points to trade at 1300.00 at the close. Ramboda Falls PLC (CM:RFLL) declined 15.00% or 4.50 points to end at 25.50 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was down 10.00% or 0.100 points to 0.900.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 92 to 73 and 62 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.14% or 0.49 to $43.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.23% or 0.56 to hit $46.01 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.60 to trade at $1314.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.22% to 192.260, while USD/LKR fell 0.44% to 144.855.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 95.82.