Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Singer Sri Lanka PLC (CM:SINS), which rose 11.69% or 4.70 points to trade at 44.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Colombo Fort Land & Building PLC (CM:CFLB) added 10.56% or 1.90 points to end at 19.90 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 9.43% or 2.50 points to 29.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which fell 24.39% or 378.00 points to trade at 1172.00 at the close. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) declined 21.20% or 7.40 points to end at 27.50 and Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT) was down 15.07% or 2.20 points to 12.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 89 to 65 and 61 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.33% or 0.19 to $58.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $64.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1271.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.03% to 204.570, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 152.890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.94.