Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Investment Trust, Services and Construction & Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR), which rose 24.88% or 249.00 points to trade at 1250.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 20.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) was up 11.30% or 33.90 points to 334.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which fell 16.67% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Sinhaputhra Finance PLC (CM:SFL) was down 13.61% or 2.00 points to 12.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 74 to 70 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) fell to 5-year lows; down 14.29% or 0.100 to 0.600.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.41% or 0.22 to $53.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.56% or 0.31 to hit $55.34 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1243.15 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.05% to 188.100, while USD/LKR rose 0.13% to 150.900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 100.64.