Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Trading and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Carson Cumberbatch PLC (CM:CARS), which rose 15.03% or 24.80 points to trade at 189.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) added 10.62% or 1.70 points to end at 17.70 and Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) was up 9.57% or 86.40 points to 989.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which fell 22.86% or 8.00 points to trade at 27.00 at the close. Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) was down 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.700.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 82 to 62 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) fell to all time lows; losing 12.50% or 0.100 to 0.700.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.72% or 0.51 to $71.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.34% or 0.27 to hit $80.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.40 to trade at $1224.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.68% to 224.420, while USD/LKR fell 0.85% to 169.840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 94.78.