Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Diversified Holdings, Land & Property and Power & Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.42%.
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, Lankem Developments PLC (CM:LDEV) added 14.71% or 0.500 points to end at 3.900 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 14.29% or 0.1000 points to 0.8000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which fell 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) declined 7.63% or 2.80 points to end at 33.90 and Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW) was down 7.51% or 41.50 points to 511.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 126 to 57 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.51% or 41.50 to 511.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.61% or 0.29 to $47.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.65% or 0.34 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.91 to trade at $1292.91 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.22% to 196.285, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 152.990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.10.