Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Footwear & Textile and Plantations sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.34% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Millennium Housing Developers PLC (CM:MHDL), which rose 16.10% or 1.90 points to trade at 13.70 at the close. Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) added 13.70% or 8.30 points to end at 68.90 and People’s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB) was up 13.48% or 1.90 points to 16.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL), which lost 16.47% or 9.90 points to trade at 50.20 in late trade. Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) declined 15.23% or 9.90 points to end at 55.10 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) shed 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 57 and 59 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.95% or 0.48 to $50.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.39% or 0.22 to hit $56.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.49 to trade at $1272.71 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.50% to 200.360, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 153.290.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.81.