Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Manufacturing and Construction & Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which rose 20.00% or 10.00 points to trade at 60.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 16.67% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) was up 14.00% or 2.80 points to 22.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which fell 17.83% or 296.20 points to trade at 1365.00 at the close. Ceylon Hospitals PLC (CM:CHL) declined 17.13% or 15.50 points to end at 75.00 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was down 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 99 to 72 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ceylon Hospitals PLC (CM:CHL) fell to 3-years lows; down 17.13% or 15.50 to 75.00. Shares in Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) fell to all time lows; down 16.67% or 0.100 to 0.500.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.61% or 0.29 to $47.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.51% or 0.26 to hit $50.82 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.05 to trade at $1244.15 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.34% to 189.700, while USD/LKR fell 0.10% to 151.790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 99.48.