Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Trading and Plantations sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI), which rose 18.14% or 26.40 points to trade at 171.90 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Agstar PLC (CM:AGST) was up 15.69% or 0.80 points to 5.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taprobane Holdings PLC (CM:TAPR), which fell 10.42% or 0.500 points to trade at 4.300 at the close. Colombo City Holdings PLC (CM:PHAR) declined 7.93% or 69.80 points to end at 810.20 and Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK) was down 7.69% or 0.10 points to 1.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 142 to 29 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK) fell to all time lows; falling 7.69% or 0.10 to 1.20.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.06% or 0.56 to $52.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.00% or 0.56 to hit $55.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.15 to trade at $1197.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.26% to 183.560, while USD/LKR rose 0.45% to 150.630.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 101.19.