Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Trading, Construction & Engineering and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 16.67% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.7000 at the close. Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) added 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 1.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which lost 16.16% or 11.20 points to trade at 58.10 in late trade. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Pegasus Hotels of Ceylon PLC (CM:PEG) shed 10.71% or 3.30 points to 27.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 90 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.33% or 0.20 to $61.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $65.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1320.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.14% to 217.845, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 156.020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 89.94.