Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Trading sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which rose 24.24% or 8.00 points to trade at 41.00 at the close. Meanwhile, John Keells PLC (CM:JKL) added 16.84% or 10.00 points to end at 69.40 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kahawatte Plantations PLC (CM:KAHA), which fell 22.25% or 8.70 points to trade at 30.40 at the close. Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) declined 13.33% or 8.40 points to end at 54.60 and Eastern Merchants PLC (CM:EMER) was down 8.33% or 0.50 points to 5.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 95 to 67 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kahawatte Plantations PLC (CM:KAHA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 22.25% or 8.70 to 30.40. Shares in John Keells PLC (CM:JKL) rose to 52-week highs; up 16.84% or 10.00 to 69.40. Shares in Eastern Merchants PLC (CM:EMER) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.33% or 0.50 to 5.50.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.65% or 0.41 to $63.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.53% or 0.36 to hit $67.97 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1327.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.14% to 217.945, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 155.450.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 90.11.