Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Services and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 9.98% or 5.00 points to trade at 55.10 at the close. Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) added 9.87% or 6.00 points to end at 66.80 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which lost 12.50% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.7000 in late trade. Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) declined 11.78% or 114.90 points to end at 860.10 and Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) shed 11.11% or 7.00 points to 56.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 84 and 46 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.84% or 0.42 to $49.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.65% or 0.33 to hit $50.14 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.85 to trade at $1267.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.89% to 179.460, while USD/LKR fell 0.22% to 148.015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 98.78.