Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Manufacturing and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which rose 20.00% or 10.00 points to trade at 60.00 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 16.67% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) was up 14.00% or 2.80 points to 22.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 17.83% or 296.20 points to trade at 1365.00 in late trade. Ceylon Hospitals PLC (CM:CHL) declined 17.13% or 15.50 points to end at 75.00 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) shed 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 72 and 59 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.61% or 0.29 to $47.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.51% or 0.26 to hit $50.82 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.05 to trade at $1244.15 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.34% to 189.700, while USD/LKR fell 0.10% to 151.790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 99.48.