Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Construction & Engineering and Trading sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.07% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which rose 22.24% or 300.20 points to trade at 1650.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) added 19.21% or 11.60 points to end at 72.00 and Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL) was up 17.76% or 15.10 points to 100.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which fell 11.11% or 10.00 points to trade at 80.00 at the close. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 8.33% or 5.00 points to end at 55.00 and Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) was down 8.26% or 0.90 points to 10.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 107 to 85 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $49.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $50.11 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1213.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.21% to 213.910, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 148.540.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.61.