Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare and Power & Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which rose 19.52% or 292.40 points to trade at 1790.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) added 18.33% or 77.00 points to end at 497.00 and Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) was up 17.82% or 13.60 points to 89.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which fell 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) declined 10.90% or 146.80 points to end at 1200.00 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) was down 7.53% or 1.40 points to 17.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 101 to 80 and 50 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.01 to $71.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.34% or 0.27 to hit $79.57 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1286.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.20% to 212.920, while USD/LKR rose 0.05% to 157.890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.49.