Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG), which rose 21.84% or 21.10 points to trade at 117.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) added 19.17% or 11.50 points to end at 71.50 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH), which fell 11.50% or 3.90 points to trade at 30.00 at the close. Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) declined 8.91% or 18.80 points to end at 192.20 and CT Land Development PLC (CM:CTLD) was down 8.58% or 4.70 points to 50.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 108 to 65 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG) rose to all time highs; up 21.84% or 21.10 to 117.70.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.21% or 0.10 to $48.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $48.91 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.16% or 2.05 to trade at $1256.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.19% to 214.310, while USD/LKR rose 0.04% to 146.825.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 95.31.