Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Diversified Holdings, Services and Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Gestetner of Ceylon PLC (CM:GEST), which rose 15.65% or 16.10 points to trade at 119.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.8000 and Lanka Aluminium Industries PLC (CM:LALU) was up 12.54% or 8.80 points to 79.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which fell 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) declined 10.50% or 2.50 points to end at 21.30 and Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) was down 10.05% or 3.90 points to 34.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 96 to 79 and 51 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.14% or 0.07 to $50.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.18% or 0.10 to hit $56.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.51 to trade at $1300.31 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.17% to 207.060, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 152.790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 91.74.