Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Trading and Land & Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kandy Hotels Company (1938) PLC (CM:KHC), which rose 8.97% or 0.70 points to trade at 8.50 at the close. Cargo Boat Development Company PLC (CM:CABO) added 8.20% or 8.30 points to end at 109.50 and Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) was up 7.32% or 30.00 points to 440.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 21.74% or 361.20 points to trade at 1300.00 in late trade. Ramboda Falls PLC (CM:RFLL) declined 15.00% or 4.50 points to end at 25.50 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) shed 10.00% or 0.100 points to 0.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 92 to 73 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.14% or 0.49 to $43.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.23% or 0.56 to hit $46.01 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.65 to trade at $1314.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.22% to 192.260, while USD/LKR fell 0.44% to 144.855.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 95.83.