Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Stores & Supplies, Land & Property and Plantations sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.06%.
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 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 20.00% or 0.10 points to end at 0.50 and Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) was up 17.50% or 11.90 points to 79.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 19.98% or 499.40 points to trade at 2000.00 at the close. Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) declined 12.18% or 133.90 points to end at 965.20 and Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) was down 11.12% or 27.80 points to 222.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 115 to 105 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) rose to all time lows; up 20.00% or 0.10 to 0.50.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.47% or 0.20 to $41.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.25% or 0.56 to hit $45.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.18% or 1.90 to trade at $1082.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.50% to 214.440, while USD/LKR fell 0.78% to 140.830.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 98.86.