Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Palm Oil sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH), which rose 15.00% or 0.300 points to trade at 2.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) added 13.27% or 5.80 points to end at 49.50 and Hayleys Fibre PLC (CM:HEXP) was up 10.39% or 6.40 points to 68.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which fell 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 13.19% or 300.00 points to end at 1975.00 and Colombo Fort Investments PLC (CM:CFI) was down 8.13% or 6.90 points to 78.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 133 to 49 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.67% or 0.77 to $46.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.20% or 1.04 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.57% or 7.45 to trade at $1290.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.47% to 206.155, while USD/LKR fell 0.59% to 144.590.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.55.