Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Banking, Financials & Insurance and Palm Oil 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 Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL), which rose 17.65% or 15.00 points to trade at 100.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.8000 and Lanka Ceramic PLC (CM:CERA) was up 14.10% or 17.80 points to 144.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which fell 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) declined 7.69% or 0.10 points to end at 1.20 and Browns Investments PLC (CM:BROW) was down 7.14% or 0.10 points to 1.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 90 to 84 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.05% or 0.52 to $48.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.45% or 0.72 to hit $48.87 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1218.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.31% to 215.235, while USD/LKR fell 0.14% to 146.750.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.29.