Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Palm Oil, Stores & Supplies and Banking, Financials & Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which rose 24.33% or 14.50 points to trade at 74.10 at the close. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) added 18.00% or 9.90 points to end at 64.90 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which lost 9.09% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.000 in late trade. Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) declined 8.16% or 1.60 points to end at 18.00 and Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL) shed 8.12% or 3.80 points to 43.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 72 and 56 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.44% or 0.20 to $45.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.46% or 0.22 to hit $48.08 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.44 to trade at $1277.06 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 1.32% to 194.430, while USD/LKR rose 0.36% to 152.735.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 97.37.