Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Trading and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which rose 25.00% or 450.00 points to trade at 2250.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sinhaputhra Finance PLC (CM:SFL) added 24.86% or 4.50 points to end at 22.60 and Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) was up 20.78% or 16.00 points to 93.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 13.98% or 349.40 points to end at 2150.00 and Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) was down 13.44% or 20.80 points to 134.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 114 to 105 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) rose to 3-years highs; up 25.00% or 450.00 to 2250.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.81% or 0.36 to $45.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.82% or 9.50 to trade at $1144.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.23% to 215.700, while USD/LKR rose 0.52% to 141.685.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 96.52.