Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Services, Stores & Supplies and Trading sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.46%.
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, Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) added 21.25% or 1.70 points to end at 9.70 and Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) was up 20.75% or 83.00 points to 483.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH), which fell 14.29% or 2.80 points to trade at 16.80 at the close. Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI) declined 8.75% or 14.00 points to end at 146.00 and Chemanex PLC (CM:CHMX) was down 8.24% or 5.70 points to 63.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 134 to 51 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 21.25% or 1.70 to 9.70.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.85% or 0.51 to $60.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.04% or 0.66 to hit $64.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1320.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.10% to 214.695, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 155.460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 90.20.