Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Information Technology and Trading sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.22%.
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, J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) added 21.98% or 93.70 points to end at 520.00 and Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) was up 21.43% or 3.00 points to 17.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amaya Leisure PLC (CM:CONN), which fell 14.83% or 8.90 points to trade at 51.10 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) was down 7.69% or 2.00 points to 24.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 132 to 62 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amaya Leisure PLC (CM:CONN) fell to 5-year lows; losing 14.83% or 8.90 to 51.10.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.26% or 0.13 to $48.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.57% or 0.31 to hit $54.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 9.41 to trade at $1359.71 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.76% to 201.440, while USD/LKR rose 0.07% to 152.790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 91.08.