Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction & Engineering, Land & Property and Trading sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 50.00% or 0.300 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) added 14.29% or 0.500 points to end at 4.000 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 14.29% or 0.1000 points to 0.8000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chilaw Finance PLC (CM:CHIL), which lost 15.57% or 3.80 points to trade at 20.60 in late trade. Serendib Engineering Group PLC (CM:IDL) declined 7.89% or 0.60 points to end at 7.00 and Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV) shed 6.76% or 5.00 points to 69.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 66 and 42 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.59% or 0.27 to $45.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.57% or 0.27 to hit $47.10 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.45 to trade at $1334.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.45% to 194.915, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 145.710.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 96.00.