Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Trading, Information Technology and Plantations sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.08% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) added 15.56% or 14.00 points to end at 104.00 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 13.21% or 3.50 points to 30.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which fell 15.42% or 601.80 points to trade at 3300.00 at the close. Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) declined 12.72% or 295.20 points to end at 2025.00 and Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) was down 10.39% or 289.80 points to 2500.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 117 to 90 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) rose to all time highs; up 15.56% or 14.00 to 104.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.04% or 0.49 to $46.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $49.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.75% or 19.60 to trade at $1136.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.59% to 216.825, while USD/LKR fell 0.88% to 139.245.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 94.33.