Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Services and Banking, Financials & Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which rose 12.68% or 7.20 points to trade at 64.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tal Lanka Hotels PLC (CM:TAJ) added 9.62% or 2.50 points to end at 28.50 and Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) was up 7.18% or 1.50 points to 22.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which fell 12.50% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.7000 at the close. F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) declined 7.69% or 0.100 points to end at 1.200 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) was down 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 97 to 62 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tal Lanka Hotels PLC (CM:TAJ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.62% or 2.50 to 28.50. Shares in Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.69% or 0.100 to 1.200.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.32% or 0.16 to $50.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.51% or 0.27 to hit $52.24 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.49% or 6.15 to trade at $1259.15 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 1.96% to 182.615, while USD/LKR rose 0.42% to 147.310.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 97.07.