Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Services and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) added 15.56% or 175.00 points to end at 1300.00 and Brown & Company PLC (CM:BRWN) was up 12.92% or 12.00 points to 104.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL), which lost 10.72% or 10.40 points to trade at 86.60 in late trade. Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) declined 5.98% or 2.10 points to end at 33.00 and Eden Hotel Lanka PLC (CM:EDEN) shed 5.33% or 0.80 points to 14.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 92 to 91 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.62% or 0.32 to hit $51.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.79% or 9.88 to trade at $1266.28 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.73% to 196.665, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 152.890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.04.