Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Stores & Supplies and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kalpitiya Beach Resort PLC (CM:CITK), which rose 38.89% or 1.400 points to trade at 5.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) added 24.84% or 19.90 points to end at 100.00 and Marawila Resorts PLC (CM:MARA) was up 21.74% or 0.500 points to 2.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL), which fell 23.55% or 15.40 points to trade at 50.00 at the close. Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) declined 14.38% or 8.60 points to end at 51.20 and Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) was down 9.09% or 2.00 points to 20.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 112 to 71 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kalpitiya Beach Resort PLC (CM:CITK) rose to 52-week highs; up 38.89% or 1.400 to 5.000. Shares in Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) fell to 5-year lows; losing 23.55% or 15.40 to 50.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.09% or 0.52 to $47.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.24% or 0.62 to hit $49.19 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.85 to trade at $1329.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.45% to 189.995, while USD/LKR fell 0.02% to 146.540.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 95.73.