Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Motors, Services and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) added 15.68% or 169.40 points to end at 1250.00 and Tal Lanka Hotels PLC (CM:TAJ) was up 15.58% or 2.40 points to 17.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW) declined 12.37% or 98.80 points to end at 700.00 and Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) shed 11.89% or 2.70 points to 20.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 81 to 68 and 63 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.57% or 0.36 to $62.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.68% or 0.45 to hit $65.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.50 to trade at $1331.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.21% to 216.795, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 155.190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.77.