Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Footwear & Textile and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which rose 23.00% or 69.00 points to trade at 369.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) added 17.79% or 254.30 points to end at 1683.90 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 17.79% or 240.10 points to 1589.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which fell 21.11% or 19.00 points to trade at 71.00 at the close. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 7.86% or 4.40 points to end at 51.60 and Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) was down 7.83% or 1.80 points to 21.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 126 to 66 and 43 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.18% or 0.08 to $44.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.43% or 0.20 to hit $46.40 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.49% or 6.55 to trade at $1324.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.18% to 193.210, while USD/LKR fell 0.08% to 146.015.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 97.16.