Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Information Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which rose 24.93% or 9.40 points to trade at 47.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) added 16.85% or 4.60 points to end at 31.90 and Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) was up 15.26% or 263.40 points to 1990.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which fell 17.39% or 257.70 points to trade at 1224.00 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 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 118 to 73 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) rose to 52-week highs; up 16.85% or 4.60 to 31.90.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.78% or 0.40 to $50.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $56.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 6.70 to trade at $1283.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.17% to 202.180, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 153.610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 93.37.