Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Palm Oil, Construction & Engineering and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.29% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 25.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.5000 at the close. Meanwhile, Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.500 and Galadari Hotels Lanka PLC (CM:GHLL) was up 15.94% or 1.10 points to 8.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which fell 22.77% or 266.90 points to trade at 905.10 at the close. Colombo Investment Trust PLC (CM:CIT) declined 12.92% or 8.90 points to end at 60.00 and Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) was down 10.89% or 110.00 points to 900.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 92 to 87 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) unchanged to 5-year lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 to 0.500. Shares in Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) fell to 5-year lows; falling 10.89% or 110.00 to 900.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.68% or 0.48 to $70.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.97% or 0.76 to hit $79.46 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1209.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.55% to 222.180, while USD/LKR fell 0.21% to 168.420.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.61.