Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Land & Property, Beverages & Tobacco and Trading sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.76% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which rose 22.44% or 66.90 points to trade at 365.00 at the close. Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) added 20.00% or 3.00 points to end at 18.00 and East West Properties PLC (CM:EAST) was up 19.35% or 3.00 points to 18.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF), which lost 7.69% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.20 in late trade. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 7.14% or 0.10 points to end at 1.30 and Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN) shed 5.21% or 4.40 points to 80.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 164 to 30 and 29 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.10% or 0.87 to $40.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.82% or 0.80 to hit $43.04 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.43% or 5.30 to trade at $1231.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.07% to 206.760, while USD/LKR rose 0.11% to 146.250.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 94.80.