Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Construction & Engineering and Motors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 25.00% or 0.200 points to end at 1.000 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 22.27% or 136.60 points to 750.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which fell 16.90% or 12.10 points to trade at 59.50 at the close. Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) declined 10.90% or 50.40 points to end at 412.00 and Pegasus Hotels of Ceylon PLC (CM:PEG) was down 7.89% or 2.20 points to 25.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 120 to 49 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 25.00% or 0.200 to 1.000.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.44% or 0.30 to $67.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $72.60 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1223.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.32% to 208.400, while USD/LKR fell 0.06% to 159.860.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.90.