Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Palm Oil, Beverages & Tobacco and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.16% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 25.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) added 16.83% or 3.40 points to end at 23.60 and Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) was up 15.38% or 0.200 points to 1.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which fell 12.26% or 181.70 points to trade at 1300.00 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Hemas Power PLC (CM:HPWR) was down 9.05% or 1.90 points to 19.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 126 to 73 and 50 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.90% or 0.96 to $51.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.26% or 1.27 to hit $57.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.69 to trade at $1295.81 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.78% to 204.070, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 92.94.