Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Motors, Services and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Meanwhile, Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) added 15.68% or 169.40 points to end at 1250.00 and Tal Lanka Hotels PLC (CM:TAJ) was up 15.58% or 2.40 points to 17.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which fell 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW) declined 12.37% or 98.80 points to end at 700.00 and Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) was down 11.89% or 2.70 points to 20.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 81 to 68 and 63 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.57% or 0.36 to $62.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.68% or 0.45 to hit $65.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.50 to trade at $1331.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.21% to 216.795, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 155.190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.78.