Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Beverages & Tobacco, Hotels & Travel and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.53% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to trade at 0.5000 at the close. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) added 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) was up 15.00% or 3.90 points to 29.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which lost 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.100 in late trade. Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK) declined 23.88% or 3.20 points to end at 10.20 and Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) shed 17.74% or 5.50 points to 25.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 69 and 55 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.57% or 0.37 to $65.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.05% or 0.75 to hit $72.18 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1184.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.08% to 203.985, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 160.540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.41.