Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Footwear & Textile and Trading sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 25.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 25.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.5000 and Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) was up 21.57% or 5.50 points to 31.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF), which fell 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) declined 10.41% or 122.00 points to end at 1050.00 and Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL) was down 9.38% or 6.00 points to 58.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 99 to 76 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.36% or 0.92 to $68.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.41% or 1.05 to hit $75.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.50 to trade at $1198.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.25% to 206.875, while USD/LKR rose 0.05% to 160.940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 95.31.